Jan 19, 2010 - Project Manager Pleads Guilty to Asbestos Cover Up
James Roger Edwards has pleaded guilty to asbestos violations while working as project manager for a condominium conversion project in Tampa, Florida. Edwards was hired by Gannaway Builders to convert the Indian Pass Apartments into beach resort condominiums back in 2005.
The trouble began when Gannaway realized that the ceiling of the old apartments contained...
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Dec 2, 2008 - Dec. 3, 1984: Bhopal, 'Worst Industrial Accident in History'
1984: Poison gas leaks from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. It spreads throughout the city, killing thousands of people outright and thousands more subsequently in a disaster often described as the worst industrial accident in history. Union Carbide chose Bhopal, a city of 900,000 people in the state of Madhya Pradesh, because of its central location and its proximity to...
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Dec 2, 2008 - W.R. Grace pays up to $140 million to settle asbestos suit
W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to pay up to $140 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from its use of an attic-insulating product that contained asbestos.
Dec 1, 2008 - Asbestos discovery closes Bozeman High art rooms
Asbestos has been found in Bozeman High School art classrooms where a new roof is being installed, and while tests have shown no danger of airborne asbestos to students or staff, the school district has closed the rooms and hired a cleanup firm to eliminate any risk.
Nov 27, 2008 - Deadline set to start Lawton shopping center renovation
LAWTON - A Comanche County judge has told the owner of a Lawton shopping center that if a Dec. 5 deadline for signed renovation contracts is not met, a demolition order for the property will be issued.
District Judge Keith Aycock said Wednesday that Don Mansell, who owns the Midtown Square center, had to provide signed contracts for asbestos removal and roofing repairs for the center's three...
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