Tag: lung cancer

EPA Accuses Florida City, Contractor of Violating Asbestos Regulations

05/10/2010 Florida (Mesothelioma News) – Residents of Marco Island in southwest Florida are demanding answers after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency advised the city that it had violated six asbestos-related regulations while rebuilding a local roadway in 2006-potentially jeopardizing the health of residents and workers. Asbestos-long linked to deadly medical conditions including lung cancer and […]

Building Owner Fined $70,000 For Exposing Workers to Asbestos

05/03/2010 (Mesothelioma News) – The owner of an Alaska building will pay $70,000 in penalties for failing to protect renovation workers from asbestos exposure-even after receiving a warning from authorities that asbestos was present. Work at the building, which formerly housed the Matanuska Maid creamery in Anchorage, was halted in June 2009 by Alaskan officials. […]

Long Island School Evacuated After Asbestos Discovery

04/27/2010 (Mesothelioma News) -The sudden discovery of asbestos at a suburban New York high school forced an evacuation of students on March 25-and an early start to spring break. It was also an unsettling reminder that asbestos-a material linked to diseases including lung cancer and mesothelioma, an almost always fatal cancer of the protective lining […]

Colorado Man Indicted for Triggering Asbestos Emergency

04/23/2010 Colorado (Mesothelioma News) – Pretending to be a certified asbestos inspector in order to obtain employment, a Colorado man improperly performed air testing and falsified lab results, a Colorado grand jury said on April 15. The state grand jury charged that his actions contributed to the release of dangerous asbestos particles and threatened “immediate […]