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An interpretation of new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for asbestos testing in school could be extremely costly for schools in Maryland and surrounding areas.
In 2006, the EPA told Maryland schools that they could not rely on manufacturers’ information sheets to determine if various parts of schools have asbestos in them.
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response […]

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Ohio-based mining company Cleveland-Cliffs, inc. has decided to join a University of Minnesota $5.5 million study of mesothelioma in miners and stop their own study.
The partnership for Minnesota’s study now includes a mining company, unions, taconite companies, and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
The study will include lake-bottom samples, air quality samples, health […]

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A court in a landmark ruling Tuesday ordered a company to pay compensation to the family of a worker who died from the aftereffects of exposure to asbestos. The ruling, Korea’s first to recognize the danger of asbestos and hold an employer liable, paving the way for similar suits. The Daegu district court ordered an […]

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The Minnesota Department of Health released more information concerning 58 cases of mesothelioma that occurred in their state.
The health agency said that they now know that a quarter of the workers were employed in mines for less than a year. Also there was over a quarter of the workers that worked in the mine for […]

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The Grupo Mexico unit complained in court papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, Texas, that Asarco, a pertinent defendant in mesothelioma lawsuits, has refused to respond to its financing offer. Grupo Mexico acquired Asarco for $1.2 billion in stock six years ago but lost control of Asarco’s board early in the […]

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