Tag Archives: asbestos exposure
Missouri Brick Factory Faces Asbestos Removal, Repurposing
In New Mexico, Missouri, a brick factory that operated continuously from 1908 through 2002 under the name A. P. Green Refactories is being given a new lease on life under the Mid America Brick and Structural Clay Products, LLC corporate umbrella thanks to remediation tax credits of up to $1,379,477 under the Brownfield Development Program. [...]
Denver Federal Center Gets Asbestos Remediation Preparatory to Solar Installation
At the Denver, Colorado, Federal Center, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is taking advantage of about $40 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act, or ARRA) funds to construct 35 acres of photovoltaic panels. Unfortunately, before the solar field construction can start, workmen have to remove several mounds of dirt contaminated with [...]
Asbestos Issues Plague Western Australia
A staffer at an Alcoa plant in Western Australia said that management at the factory should have recognized that valves at the facility were laced with asbestos but overlooked the problem. The factory is located in Pinjarra, about fifty miles south of Perth, the state capital. The worker, who wished to stay nameless, released an [...]
ASDTR Funding New Libby Study
In the small town of Libby, Montana, where former vermiculite mining at the W.R. Grace mine has led to a great many asbestos illnesses, including mesothelioma, a new study is aimed at determining the reason for the inexplicable rapidity and morbidity of these diseases by examining former Libby High School students. Libby and the W.R. [...]
Canadian Liberal Leader, Asbestos Industry Exchange Harsh Words
A proponent of the asbestos industry in Quebec has criticized Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff for not appearing at two towns that depend on the local asbestos mines to sustain their economy. Mr. Ignatieff has long been a critic of the industry and has decried the continued mining and used of asbestos as a health [...]
North Carolina Church Ceiling Could Contain Asbestos
Worshippers at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Hickory, North Carolina, received a surprise during services last Sunday. The roof of the main auditorium collapsed, sending twelve parishioners to the hospital. Pieces of blue-green roof insulation fell to the floor during the debris, which sparked the fear that the material could contain asbestos. The church [...]
Quebec Approves Loan for Asbestos Mine
In spite of a global publicity drive against the move, provincial officials in Quebec seem ready to okay a multi-million-dollar loan guarantee that would reenergize the province’s asbestos mining industry. The loan package, totaled at over US$50 million, would finance a project to add more mining tunnels at the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec. The [...]
Asbestos Forces Shutdown of Canadian Ferry
Owners of the ferry that runs from Little River to Powell River on the Canadian West Coast announced that they would temporarily halt service on one of their boats after a ferry worker discovered what could be loose asbestos in the food preparation and serving areas. Officials at BC Ferries ordered that the Queen of [...]
Rwanda's New Problem: Asbestos
The Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure has issued a statement warning construction and demolition firms about the inherent dangers of improperly handling asbestos-laced building materials. The African nation, torn by a decade-long civil war, is trying to rebuild most of the infrastructure destroyed or damaged during the brutal conflict. Infrastructure Minister Vincent Karega told reporters that [...]
Cleanup Efforts Continue at Libby Superfund Site
Libby, Montana, the former home of the W.R. Grace asbestos mines, has devolved from a small, tight-knit community into a synonym for an environmental disaster. The town of three thousand residents has become the home of the most toxic site in the history of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund. Many of the residents have [...]
