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Asbestos Contaminated Building: When It’s Best to Demolish

CPSM — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:53:22 +0000

A recent attempt to secure funding for demolishing vacant Naval and Marine Corps Reserve buildings in Pueblo, Colorado has been outvoted by Republicans and the structures will remain standing. The House Democrats have been trying for years to get the buildings demolished due to the fact that they are full of asbestos containing materials and [...]

Asbestos Contaminated Building: When It’s Best to Demolish is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Chattanooga Asbestos Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict

CPSM — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:43 +0000

A hot-button asbestos case in Chattanooga, Tennessee has just wrapped up with guilty verdicts for all parties involved. An eleven-count indictment handed down against James Mathis and two of his partners, Donald Filler and David Wood, stems from multiple violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The men, along with two separate corporations associated with [...]

Chattanooga Asbestos Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Continues to Plague Libby, Montana Residents

CPSM — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:42:20 +0000

Libby, Montana is a small town nestled the Northern Rockies along the beautiful Kootenai River. Although Libby is a recreational, hunting and fishing paradise, the town is now most famous for being the former home of an asbestos mine, owned and operated by WR Grace. Vermiculite asbestos, also known under the brand name, Zonolite, has [...]

Asbestos Continues to Plague Libby, Montana Residents is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Putting the Brakes on Asbestos

CPSM — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:02:52 +0000

Hard to believe that after all we know about the dangers of asbestos, exposure to this toxic mineral still occurs and thousands this year in the United States alone, some of whom will be brake and clutch repair mechanics, will be diagnosed with mesothelioma, a fatal cancer caused by asbestos. Last, year, Washington took action [...]

Putting the Brakes on Asbestos is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Clothing Manufacturer with Royal Ties Convicted of Asbestos Crimes

CPSM — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:44:54 +0000

When you think of asbestos crimes cashmere socks and the Royal Family are not generally what come to mind. However a well-known company that manufactures the socks and other high-end knitwear in Great Britain – with a special Royal Warrant to produce socks for Prince Charles himself- was found guilty of putting its workers at [...]

Clothing Manufacturer with Royal Ties Convicted of Asbestos Crimes is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Principal, Pastor, Landlord Exposes Tenants to Deadly Asbestos

CPSM — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:34:30 +0000

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 [...]

Principal, Pastor, Landlord Exposes Tenants to Deadly Asbestos is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

“Early Warning Report”- Unsafe Asbestos Demolition Banned by EPA

CPSM — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:05:10 +0000

Inspector General Arthur Elkins of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an “Early Warning Report” that essentially puts an end to an experimental method of removing asbestos that is proven to be unsafe. Unfortunately, the ban comes after seven years of the EPA demolishing buildings that contained asbestos materials using this alternative “wet [...]

“Early Warning Report”- Unsafe Asbestos Demolition Banned by EPA is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos: Basic Facts Everyone Should Know

CPSM — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:37:53 +0000

Twenty years ago, many people had not heard the word asbestos or mesothelioma. Now, pretty much everyone has seen at least one commercial or advertisement that warns that exposure to asbestos causes a type of terminal cancer called mesothelioma. Here are the basic facts about asbestos that everyone should know to avoid any unwanted and [...]

Asbestos: Basic Facts Everyone Should Know is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Official Cover-Up after Police Officers and Family Knowingly Exposed to Asbestos

CPSM — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:18:37 +0000

A breaking story in New South Wales just gets more and more bizarre by the day. Earlier last month officials announced that they had unearthed what appeared to be a paper trail indicating that police officers and their families had been knowingly exposed to asbestos — yet nothing was done about it. Not only were the [...]

Official Cover-Up after Police Officers and Family Knowingly Exposed to Asbestos is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Concerns Delay the Fate of Historic Gainesboro School

CPSM — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:52:43 +0000

Frederick County officials are weighing the financial cost for demolition of the old Gainesboro Elementary School, a building full of asbestos containing materials and other hazardous wastes, while hoping a buyer will step in to take the burden off their hands. The school, like thousands before it, was constructed during a time when construction with asbestos [...]

Asbestos Concerns Delay the Fate of Historic Gainesboro School is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.