Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

Scandal hit Albany New York last month as a respected pastor and school principle was fingered in an asbestos scare that affected an entire neighborhood.  Timothy Fowler of the More Abundant Living Ministries is also the principal of Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology in Albany, New York.  Unfortunately, this well-respected man of the [...]

A new process, ABCOV, has been found to eliminate the dangers of asbestos, providing a way to remove and dispose of asbestos that is safe for both people and the environment.   ABCOV is a patented (US Patent 5,041,277), simple, non-thermal process approved by the U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that has very recently become available [...]

The Coweta County Administrator in Georgia, Theron Gay, said earlier this month that the asbestos found in and around several abandoned buildings near the Highway 34 overpass located on the Ishman Ballard Road will cost roughly $13,000 to clean up and make the area safe for the public once more.  This announcement came after the [...]

A controversial renovation project in Buffalo, New York has resulted in multiple indictments handed down against two companies in charge of the project and nine individuals.  An investigation into the renovation of the Kensington Towers apartment complex in Buffalo found that multiple federal and state laws and regulations were broken in regards to the safe [...]

Almost everyone has heard of asbestos, the naturally occurring mineral that was once widely used in many industries and construction of buildings and homes.  Asbestos was readily available and affordable and was famous for its heat and fire resistant properties.  Asbestos is also carcinogenic and causes many serious and fatal illnesses, such as mesothelioma (cancer [...]

Little Silver Man Arrested
Local investigators and federal agents from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been focusing on building contractors and asbestos abatement agencies in New York since early last year.  The concerted effort is being made to crackdown on dangerous handling, illegal dumping, and fraudulent abatement of the cancer causing mineral.
Dominick Mazza of Little [...]

The owner and operator of the Equitable Building in Des Moines, Iowa has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge James E. Gritzner to serve 41 months in a federal prison for his role in an asbestos scandal that unnecessarily exposed workers and the general public to the deadly carcinogen asbestos.  The judge found that Bobby [...]

The former Roach School in Decatur, Illinois is nearing the final stages of the asbestos abatement project that was necessary before the remainder of the building can be demolished.  Representatives from the City of Decatur have said that the building will be flattened before the end of this summer.
While that may be good news for [...]

Parents responded with vocal protests when the school board at a Carmi, Illinois high school announced plans to begin an asbestos removal project while school was still in session.  While a third party contractor who is licensed in asbestos abatement practices has been hired, many parents wondered why the school board couldn’t wait to initiate [...]

The City of Augusta, Maine will likely have to foot the bill for a $100 thousand asbestos abatement and demolition project this year without hopes of retrieving any of that money from the building’s previous owners.  The property, which sits at 6 Morton Place, has been abandoned for years and has become a frequent hangout [...]