Residents Say Hospital Demolition Caused Asbestos Exposure Residents of the town of Statesville, North Carolina say they now feel “vindicated” because the EPA has ruled that the state “failed to take timely action” to protect them from asbestos exposure when the old Davis Hospital in the small town of 26,000 outside of Charlotte was being … Read more
EPA Taking Money Away from School Asbestos Removal The EPA’s internal watchdog announced earlier this week that the agency is shifting money away from a federally-mandated program that is earmarked to help remove toxic asbestos from the nation’s schools, reports the Associated Press. Under a federal act passed in 1986 – entitled the Asbestos Hazard … Read more
Endangered Employees File $40M Asbestos Suit Former workers at a Southwest Portland (Oregon) apartment complex are suing their employer for $40 million in damages, claiming that managers put them in danger by exposing them to asbestos even though construction crews at the location had warned higher-ups that the cancer-causing fibers were present in the structures. … Read more
Realtor Sold Luxury Apartments Containing Asbestos Realtors for an Upper East Side Manhattan condo complex sold units to unsuspecting buyers despite the fact that they knew there was asbestos inside, several buyers maintain. The realtor for the complex, a business called “Related Companies”, deceived at least 6 residents of the Carnegie Park complex, states a … Read more
Problems with Kaiser Gypsum Asbestos Trust Thousands and thousands of individuals have been harmed by asbestos found in building products manufactured by Kaiser Gypsum Inc, but the U.S. Department of Justice says that the trust to be formed by the company to compensate those victims does not include the proper safeguards to prevent fraudulent claims. … Read more
Nearly a Quarter-Million Lives Lost to Asbestos Each Year, Experts Say Although asbestos use is banned in all the countries of the European Union and many others around the world, the legacy of its use means that tens of thousands are stilling dying each year because of exposure to the toxin. This is despite the … Read more
Asbestos from 9/11 Still Making People Sick Another September 11th has come and gone. People stopped what they were doing to watch replays of planes hitting towers, posted poignant memes on their Facebook pages, and visited memorials or participated in peace-related church services. Families who lost loved ones in the towers, at the Pentagon, or … Read more
University of Buffalo Removes Asbestos During Classes The University of Buffalo has been removing asbestos insulation material from three areas on its North Campus – Clemens Hall, Governor’s Hall and the Ellicott Complex – and students and faculty are concerned because some of the work is taking place while classes are in session in those … Read more
Tumor Treating Fields May Help Battle Mesothelioma It’s a new kind of treatment that could likely become one of the biggest advances in cancer therapies, and clinical trials are already showing positive results. It’s not a medicine, so to speak, and is certainly different from standard treatments like chemo and radiation, but Optune – produced … Read more
Jury Awards $8.45 Million in Pipefitter Asbestos Case The son of a now-deceased, long-time pipefitter has been awarded $8.45 million by a Los Angeles County jury in a case against boiler manufacturer Weil-McLain. It’s believed to be the largest verdict to date against the company, which makes residential, commercial, and institutional boilers and has been … Read more