Archive for May, 2009
Schools Settles Asbestos Case
Date: admin | 30 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Philadelphia, PA – Four cases regarding safe management of asbestos-containing materials in schools have been settled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Key School, Inc., TX, Annapolis, MD, Trinity Episcopal Churchs day school, Glen Arm, MD, Immanuel Lutheran Churchs nursery school, Preston, MD, and the Hereford United Methodist Churchs Two by Two Preschool, Monkton, [...]
Building owner fined for putting workers at asbestos risk
Date: admin | 28 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
An old commercial building owner in downtown Kitchener was fined a total of $87,500 for putting workers at risk of asbestos exposure during the renovation of his building.
A fine of $10,000 was assessed to Krishan Judge and $70,000 was assessed to 1604945 Ontario Inc., Judges Cambridge-based numbered company that owns the building, for violation of [...]
Company will pay for asbestos mine cleanup
Date: admin | 26 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
NEWARK, NJ (AP) G-I Holdings, a company that operated a 1,600-acre asbestos mine in Vermont, will pay to clean up that site. The company has agreed to pay also for nine other sites where toxic substances were disposed of. G-I Holdings has to pay a total of around $300 million.
The settlement was announced Thursday by [...]
NH woman indicted on asbestos violations
Date: admin | 24 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
A Keene State College spokeswoman said that the professor who allegedly disposed of asbestos on campus is still employed.
N.H. Attorney Generals Office has accused that Lourdes Ramirez-Crusellas, 62, dumped bags of asbestos-containing waste material from a renovation project at her home at 127 School St. into a trash bin on campus.
Ramirez-Crusellas has been indicted at [...]
Asbestos Cleanup Started at New Park Site
Date: admin | 22 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
SALEM An asbestos-tainted construction site at Peabody Street is being cleaned up.
Crews with protective suits are removing asbestos-containing soil from a new park site at 15 Peabody St.
According to a letter written to abutters by Mayor Kim Driscoll, the cleanup does not pose a health risk to nearby residents and plastic sheeting has been [...]
