SearchArchives for: April 2007Asbestos Illegally Removed at NY Elementary School30th April 2007 The New York Department of Labor has charged a Massena elementary school with a number of code violations after unlicensed workers improperly removed asbestos from the school.
According to a report on NewsWatch 50 and the Watertown Daily Times, the clea… more » Categories: Asbestos Information HSE warns contractors about asbestos in schools30th April 2007 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned local authorities, schools and contractors about the dangers of disturbing asbestos, and their responsibility to ensure correct procedures are in place to manage asbestos in schools. The warning follows a… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Law firm seeks equal asbestos compesation for English families30th April 2007 Law firm Thompsons has begun a campaign to ensure that the families of English mesothelioma victims receive the same compensation as their Scottish counterparts.
The level of compensation is set at GBP 10,000 in England and Wales while Scottish claimant… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Schools not carying out proper asbestos tests30th April 2007 A National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) survey has found that a significant proportion of schools are not following proper health and safety procedures and that many are not addressing the risks posed by asbestos.
The su… more » Categories: Asbestos Information HSE reminder to asbestos industry30th April 2007 The HSE has issued a reminder to the asbestos licensed industry that the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 were further strengthened on 6 April 2007.
From this date there has been an added requirement that anyone who certifies premises to be...This a… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Clean-Up Begins in Troy, Montana27th April 2007 The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has begun the clean-up process in Troy, Montana, a town located about 20 miles from Libby, where hundreds have died or been sickened by asbestos contamination from a local vermiculite mine.
According… more » Categories: Asbestos Information UK Teachers Union Urges Fight Against Asbestos in Schools24th April 2007 Englands National Union of Teachers (NUT) has been warning their members that thousands of public schools built before the 1970s have potentially lethal amounts of asbestos in the fabric of their buildings.
According to an article in The Guardian, the… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Encasement Posted By : Michael Russell23rd April 2007 Asbestos encasement is a compromised but cost effective way of dealing with asbestos in older buildings. The asbestos is still there but is rendered harmless by the encasement coating. Encasement is approved by most government agencies and has proven t… more » Categories: Asbestos News Asbestos Halts Hospital Project20th April 2007 The future of an old Nashville Hospital remains uncertain as bills to remove asbestos from the decaying structure potentially climb to more than half-a-million dollars.
The Nashville News reports that the fate of the old Howard Memorial Hospital will ha… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Researcher Believes Onconase May be Able to Prevent Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma Patients19th April 2007 The potential of Onconase as an early first-line preventative treatment for mesothelioma is an exciting development that we plan to investigate through clinical trials,” said Dr. Carbone.
Michelle Carbone, M.D., Ph.D. is a mesothelioma researcher w… more » Categories: Asbestos Information UK Fights for Equal Asbestos Payments17th April 2007 A Cumbrian (England) law firm has staged a campaign to help acquire equal compensation for asbestos-related disease sufferers in England and Wales, noting that loved ones of those whove lost their lives to such diseases receive far less compensation in t… more » Categories: Asbestos Information UK Dock Workers Can Sue Government12th April 2007 The way has been cleared for thousands of former dock workers in the United Kingdom to sue the government for asbestos exposure.
According to an article in the East London Advertiser, an Appeal Court in London has upheld a High Court ‘test’… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Australian Asbestos Figures Underestimated10th April 2007 According to a study recently completed by an epidemiologist from The Australian National University, predictions of the future number of cases of mesothelioma in the country have been grossly underestimated.
Several Australian newspapers cited the stud… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Necessary Steps for Lung Cancer Prevention Posted By : Darren Dunner07th April 2007 Research continues to show that the most common cause for lung cancer is the use of tobacco. Lung cancer typically develops over a long period of time. The first pre-cancerous changes that form in the lungs mutate and produce chemicals that result in the… more » Categories: Asbestos News Town Finds Out About Asbestos Threat Five Years after Fact05th April 2007 A suburban Philadelphia township thats home to a long-defunct shopping center, has just learned that the state Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined the centers owner five years ago for rampant asbestos violations.
According to an article in the B… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Iron Mine Workers at Higher Risk to Develop Mesothelioma Than Previously Thought02nd April 2007 Since 1988, 52 Iron miners have died in Minnesota whose mesothelioma cancers have led the state Health Department to conclude that the rare cancer is killing iron ore miners in significantly greater numbers than previously thought.
The state said last we… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Iowa School Worries About Asbestos02nd April 2007 Students at a Washington, Iowa elementary school were moved from room to room this week as officials discovered that the glue on asbestos-containing ceiling tiles was letting loose, causing tiles to fall.
According to a report on KCRG News, students at… more » Categories: Asbestos Information |
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