The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is suing a Billings, Montana hotel owner for ignoring fines issued to him for violating asbestos laws during work on a condominium project that is now under foreclosure in the town of Livingston.
According to an Associated Press article, the DEQ filed the lawsuit earlier this week, alleging work at […]
Five classrooms at a private school in Lodi, California were closed earlier this week when it was discovered that the air inside may be contaminated with dangerous asbestos fibers.
According to an article in the Lodi News-Sentinel, the classrooms represented nearly a third of the rooms in the privately-owned Mokelumne River School, which serves 225 students […]
Dubbed as one of the largest ever campaigns forged against unfair compensation of asbestos disease victims, more than 150,000 British citizens plan to inundate the House of Lords with postcards this week, demanding that the governing body overturn a recent ruling that “robs” hundreds of victims of compensation for an asbestos-related disease known as pleural […]
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has announced the formation of the Mary and Bob Cosentino Travel Grant Program, established to help newly-diagnosed mesothelioma patients travel outside of their local area to consult with an expert on the disease.
The organization, also known simply as the Meso Foundation, notes that in many of the geographical areas where […]
Earlier this week, a federal appeals court overturned a $500 million settlement reached two years ago by The Travelers. Cos. Inc., a move that could potentially open the company to new lawsuits.
According to an article in Reuters, Travelers said it is “evaluating the ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals” which vacated a March […]
The case of John Chick, the Cayuga County (NY) employee who has admitted to his guilt in connection with illegal asbestos removal and dumping at the county’s Board of Elections building, may end today when sentencing is completed. Chick is facing up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
Chick, age 65, pled […]
A recent study presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 44th annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida proclaimed that “patients who underwent the more extensive treatment of radical decortication/pleurectomy in attempt to cure stage 3 pure epithelial mesothelioma appear to have significantly better outcomes than patients who had less extensive operations.”
According to […]
Nahariya, Israel’s northernmost coastal city, is strewn with dozens of asbestos-contaminated sites, notes a recent survey conducted by the Environmental Union of Western Galilee Municipalities.
According to an article in the newspaper Haaretz, the town of Nahariya – a popular tourist destination near the Lebanese border - was once the home of Eitanit, a company […]
A man charged with the job of Director of Operations at a Massena, New York elementary school has been suspended and speculation as to why points to allegations that he participated in the illegal removal of asbestos at the school.
A story on WNYF-Fox28 notes that the school, Jefferson Elementary, has been struggling with asbestos issues […]
A Welsh woman who worked as a clerk and typist at a power station near her home has been diagnosed with mesothelioma and believes she developed the disease as a result of her job there.
According to an article in the South Wales Echo, Sylvia Billingham, 64, claims she developed asbestos-related cancer when she worked as […]