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The Environmental Protection Agency has stepped up its enforcement of asbestos recordkeeping. In Maryland, the number of citations for violations has exploded. While the agency was averaging less than one citation a year from 2001 through September 2006, they have given out 16 citations since September 2006.
While the number of citations has gone up dramatically, […]

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Winona State University, located in Minnesota, is facing seven different fines for violations all relating to asbestos. State OSHA officials say the fines could total $24,500 but the school is planning on contesting the violations.
The fines are all tied to violations related to the removal of asbestos from dormitories and other locations across campus this […]

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Following a meeting of representatives from CBS, Planet Toys, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), and Public Justice, the CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit was recalled due to concerns of asbestos contamination.
The meeting occurred to discuss discrepancies between the testing conducted by the ADAO and Planet Toys. In the end, they decided to pull all of […]

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A contractor in upstate New York has been cited for asbestos violations during the demolition of the old Genesee Hospital.
OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, says that Gordon-Smith Contracting faces roughly $100,000 in fines for the unsafe practices of demolition that they employed. OSHA claims that the contractor exposed workers to asbestos while […]

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Crews are now working exceedingly diligently to clean up a building contaminated with asbestos in downtown Moscow (Washington).
The building has been evacuated since asbestos was found in material scraped off of the ceiling. This has forced the closure of some offices including a local radio station. The radio station was back up and running but […]

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