Any time a natural disaster happens, we gasp at the aftermath. No one wants to see downed trees, crumbling buildings, battered cars, and debris scattered through areas that were once neighborhoods full of contented residents. The end result is never a pretty site, and not only is it ugly to look at but it’s also dangerous to peruse.
Researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have determined that people who ride off-road vehicles (ORVs) in certain parts of the country may be regularly exposed to asbestos during their backroad adventures.
If you live in a home with asbestos siding or other asbestos-containing materials – and you are aware of the presence of those materials – you’re likely to be ultra-diligent when it comes to dealing with those items.
But all it takes is one neighbor skirting the laws or one contractor looking to save some money during renovation or reconstruction to put you and your family in danger.
The New York Times reports that thousands of women are taking consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to court over problems with its famous Baby Powder, claiming that the talc in the powder was tainted with asbestos and has caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Ohio Counties Top in Country for Mesothelioma Cases Asbestos exposure certainly isn’t a problem of the past. That’s especially true in Ohio, where more than 2,000 individuals have died of mesothelioma – caused by exposure to the toxin – since the turn of the 21st century. And, reports the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), two … Read more
A former house painter now finds himself in the middle of an illegal asbestos removal fiasco that was carried out at the old Westinghouse property in Churchill Borough, Allegheny County, a small town not too far from bustling Pittsburgh.
After many years of decline, the U.S. saw a marked increase in asbestos imports during the last calendar year, with 705 metric tons of raw asbestos imported during 2016 as compared to 343 metric tons the year prior.
A new five-member advisory team, appointed by the Montana Legislature earlier this year, has now assumed oversight of the Libby asbestos site, intent on focusing on keeping current residents safe over the long term.
Most people are honest when it comes to hazardous materials and doing the right thing to get rid of them. Home owners and contractors who need to dispose of toxic waste – in most cases – follow the rules and take the materials to the proper landfill.
In the North Country of Vermont in a town called Groveton, there’s a plan afoot to build an asbestos processing plant that will assist in cleaning up the more than 30 million tons of asbestos waste tailings that sit on the property of the now defunct Lowell-Eden Asbestos Mine on the state’s Belvidere Mountain.