Feb 3, 2012 - Growing Opposition May Contribute to Canadian Asbestos Mine Closing
Canada is one of only a handful of “First World” countries still actively producing and exporting asbestos and asbestos materials. However, growing pressure from international health organizations and from within Canada's own borders may very well play a part in closing a mine that is still fully operational and exporting products to other countries.
For decades...
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Jan 24, 2012 - The Dual Threat of Asbestos and Mesothelioma Continues to Plague Australian Schools
Australia has lived in the shadow of asbestos for decades. Even now, years after the use of materials containing asbestos has been outlawed, officials are discovering the deadly mineral in all sorts of unlikely places. The most recent occurrence: educational materials used by high school students in Queensland.
School officials in Townsville announced that...
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Jan 23, 2012 - Raymark Asbestos Clean-Up Estimated at $40 Million
The clean-up process for the abandoned Raymark Facility in Stratford, Connecticut has been estimated at nearly $40 million. That figure has so far confounded any attempt to clean up the site which is contaminated with all sorts of hazardous materials including asbestos, a known carcinogen that causes a fatal form of asbestos cancer called mesothelioma.
However, local watchdogs...
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Jan 20, 2012 - Asbestos Threat Hangs Over Queens Apartments
There’s a specter of fear that lives over the Pomonok Housing project in Queens, New York. The apartment complexes are over 60 years old and have fallen into disrepair. Now residents are worried that they may have been, and continue to be, exposed to asbestos and live in fear of a mesothelioma diagnosis.
The complex, located in East Flushing, was the subject of an...
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Jan 18, 2012 - EPA Exposes Improper Handling of Asbestos at Old DuPont Site
In a lawsuit against the New Jersey contractor who demolished the DuPont plant in Gibbstown the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alleged mishandling of asbestos containing materials and other offenses that created a public health threat. The company hired to do the demolition now faces federal charges, steep fines, and further investigation in the wake of this...
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