India is one of the world’s largest users of asbestos, a deadly fireproof product mined in Canada and the U.S. Canada exports 95% of its chrysotile asbestos to India for asbestos-cement roofs and in other building products.  Construction workers and homeowners may become ill with a deadly cancer, mesothelioma, or asbestosis, a serious breathing disorder [...]

As homeowners prepare for the winter days ahead, the mesothelioma attorneys at Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason caution them to be careful when inspecting or replacing insulation or appliances containing asbestos.
When disturbed, asbestos products release fibers into the air that can be inhaled into the lungs. Asbestos is odorless, tasteless and nearly invisible and can [...]

A revised plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up a polluted industrial site in Walpole, Mass, has apparently satisfied local residents. 
The Blackburn & Union Privileges Superfund site has a history of hazardous materials. In the 17th and 18th centuries the site contained a long list of industrial and commercial companies that used toxic [...]

Inmates of the McNeil Island Corrections Facility in Washington State raised concerns when they had to remove asbestos-containing tiles at the prison without the use of protective equipment and safety precautions. Exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a serious disease of the lung lining, and other kinds of cancer.
Although supervisors of the project had state [...]

St. Louis developer Matthew E. Burghoff borrowed money to remove asbestos-containing debris from a building he owned, but used the funds to pay off personal debts and buy a home in Mexico. He faces as much as 2 1/2 years in prison for the infractions.
Burghoff’s trouble started last year when the St. Louis Air Pollution [...]

Asbestos removal requires adherence to strict federal safety standards to protect workers and the public.  Anyone who violates those standards is subject to fine and imprisonment.
Robert Langill found that out recently when he pleaded guilty to removing asbestos in an illegal manner at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in 2003.  Langill, a supervisor of a [...]

A former beautician at a Florida nursing home has received $100,000 in a lawsuit filed in a wrongful firing lawsuit.  Mary Ann Gruzs complained to the York County Pleasant Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that tiles in the salon where she worked were discolored and breaking.  She suspected they contained toxic amounts of asbestos and [...]