A run-down, abandoned apartment complex in the Woodhaven neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas is going to be used as the test site for a brand new method for demolishing buildings that are filled with asbestos.
The new method, being recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has never before been used in an area that actually […]
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Demolition Experiment to be Performed in Texas
December 5th, 2007 · No Comments
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Legislation Helps Win Asbestos Battle
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments
On Oct. 4 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation to ban most asbestos-containing materials (materials with asbestos concentrations of 1 percent or less by weight are not covered) and begin federal investment in the research critically needed to develop effective treatments and, perhaps even one day, a cure.
Since 1999, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has […]
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British Carpenter Launches Asbestos Case
November 7th, 2007 · No Comments
A British carpenter with asbestosis, pleural plaques, and pleural thickening, which are all linked to asbestos exposure, has filed a case for compensation up to 200,000 pounds.
Mr. Alfred Brett is now claiming damages from Bovis Lend Lease Holdings, of Harrow, and AXA UK Plc, of London, whom he blames for his condition. He claims he […]
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Key Witness Missing in Asbestos Case
November 7th, 2007 · No Comments
Lawyers for CSX Transportation Corporation, a Jacksonville Florida based railroad company, say they are unable to find Dr. Ray Harron who is a key witness in asbestos-related cases filed against the company.
The lawyers are accusing Dr. Harron, a semi-retired Bridgeport, West Virginia radiologist, of falsifying many of the medical reports he reviewed. CSX Transportation is currently […]
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Asbestos Ban Diluted
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments
A month ago, the Senate passed the first law that bans asbestos, the disease-causing fiber used in various places. Now, the same public officials that supported the bill in its original version are speaking out against the fledgling bill. The reason for this about-face is that the original version of the bill has been watered down, thanks, […]
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