Mesothelioma Lawyer

The Minnesota Department of Health has been putting together statistics for a proposed study of health issues with Minnesota mine workers, and in so doing the MDH has discovered six additional former mine workers who suffer from mesothelioma, bringing the total number of cases to 58.
The MDH has performed such studies before, the last being […]

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The owner of an asbestos transportation company recently pleaded guilty to making false statements on a report filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that concerned the disposal of asbestos. Terrance Yates, chose not to fight the Information filed against him and his company, Hazport Solutions, Inc., located in Maryland.
Yates and his […]

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CT EL Centro, LLC, a firm located in El Centro, California, was recently fined $9,027.00 for failure to follow procedure when demolishing a local building. Specifically, the demolition action violated the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants regulations.
The EPA had the following comment:
“When a building is demolished, asbestos must be properly […]

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The EPA recently released a preliminary report detailing potential strategies for safer procedures involving the removal of asbestos from older buildings.  The study was put together by the EPA’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory and the Dallas regional office. 
This first new method of demolition that was attempted is called the Alternative Asbestos Control Method […]

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Three parties recently paid a series of heavy fines for violating the Clean Air Act because of improper dealing with asbestos removal.  The parties, and their respective fines, are as follows:
Timothy Chu Construction Consulting Services:  $20,000.00
Cheng, Chow and Chu, Inc, building owner:  $149,000.00
Sincere Construction:  $1,500.00
Clifford Cheng, individual building owner:  $5,000.00
Cheng was also sentenced to four […]

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