Thetford Mines in south central Quebec is the center of current controversy over the hazards of asbestos.  Thetford Mines was founded in 1876 when large asbestos deposits were discovered and quickly made the town one of the world’s largest regions for asbestos production.  Although asbestos manufacturing and use is highly regulated in the United States [...]

Frank Onoff was an asbestos removal supervisor with Paragon Environmental Construction in New York.  For more than a decade, he participated in a scam along with another company, Certified Environmental Systems, Inc.  This week Onoff pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud, violating the Toxic Substances Control and Clean Air Act, and defrauding the United States. 
Paragon [...]

The Salem City Council in Oregon has agreed to allocate an additional $145,000 to remove asbestos from the lower level of the public library beginning early next year.  
The library, built in 1971, was constructed with materials that contained asbestos, as was standard practice within the industry at the time.  Before the 1980’s, many buildings used [...]

Fisher Controls International, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial control valves based in St. Louis, was ordered to pay the estate of Ronald Drabczyk 2.25 million as a result of negligent exposure to asbestos that led to his eventual death by mesothelioma.  Drabczyk hired asbestos attorneys to bring a mesothelioma lawsuit against Fisher Controls claiming [...]

Beacon Elementary in Montesano, Washington began large scale renovations at the start of the school year.  While remodeling one part of the school, asbestos was discovered in the mastic behind the chalkboards which required safe removal.  Now, more of the asbestos containing mastic has been found in another building, both of which were constructed in [...]

Two top research facilities have come together to research the different genetic and environmental factors that make some people more susceptible to developing mesothelioma than others.  FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Chest Center of the Carolinas and Wake Forest School of Medicine are inviting anyone diagnosed with mesothelioma to participate in a clinical trial to help [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating allegations of serious workplace violations by Superior General Contracting during a residential remodeling project.  The company is being accused of putting the health of workers at serious risk of exposure to asbestos by not following federally required health standards.
Exposure to asbestos can cause serious diseases, including incurable [...]

As the new school year begins, the issue of discovering asbestos in buildings constructed before 1980 continues to hamper normal operations here in the United States as well as worldwide. 
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was widely used in many building materials because of its exceptional heat, fire and erosion resistant properties and easy, [...]

A 17 acre site which was once the home to American Asbestos Company, and later to a plastics and fuel company, is now being developed into ball fields for residents of Berkeley Heights in New Jersey.
 
Union County leaders and residents approved a 3.85 million contract with Applied Landscape Technologies for the development of the property [...]

After the death of a long time Village employee, officials are facing a decision to do further asbestos abatement work in their courtroom, which was closed off once asbestos was discovered in the mastic sealant attached to the ceiling tiles.
 
Sharon M. LaDuke recently died of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer primarily linked with exposure to asbestos, [...]