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Baltimore Firms Get Record Fine for Faulty Asbestos Removal
In Baltimore, Maryland, a demolition firm and the corporate owner of a property where asbestos was being removed have both been fined, the demolition firm with a record $1,225,000 fine, the corporate building owner for $115,000. The demolition firm in question is Erie Vera LLC, of 230 N. Chester Street in Baltimore. The building owner, [...]
News About Pharmaceuticals in Mesothelioma Treatment
1. New Biomarkers May Speed Diagnosis of Mesothelioma 2. Lowered Cost of DNA Sequencing Improving Specificity of Cancer Treatment 3. Scientists Find Cell Process That Causes Mesothelioma 4. Immune Response Inhibitor Identified in Cancer Retroviruses 5. MRIs Effective in Identifying Malignant Testicular Cancer Growths 6. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Announces New Mesothelioma Guidelines 7. New [...]
Mesothelioma Fears Raised As San Bruno Fire Releases Asbestos
The recent fires in San Bruno, California, were one of the worst environmental disasters in the area’s history. Although the fires have been extinguished and the smoke has cleared, other potential health hazards still remain. Much of the debris left behind from the ruined homes and businesses contained several toxins. Some of the older structures [...]
EPA Removes New Jersey Site from Asbestos Superfund List
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced that they have removed a major asbestos dumping ground in New Jersey from their National Priorities List of sites eligible for federal cleanup funds. The site, located in Long Hill Township, New Jersey, was on the agency’s “Superfund” list after investigators discovered asbestos tailings spread [...]
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. [...]
Work near Ambler, Pennsylvania Asbestos Piles Scheduled to Start
Work near Ambler, Pennsylvania Asbestos Piles Scheduled to Start In Ambler, Pennsylvania, Federal-Mogul Corp., a global vehicle parts and products manufacturer, has contracted with WSP Group, a global design, engineering and management company, to make repairs to a revetment – a concrete wall designed to support an embankment and divert the pressure of water flowing [...]
Work Near Ambler, Pennsylvania Asbestos Piles Scheduled to Start
In Ambler, Pennsylvania, Federal-Mogul Corp., a global vehicle parts and products manufacturer, has contracted with WSP Group, a global design, engineering and management company, to make repairs to a revetment – a concrete wall designed to support an embankment and divert the pressure of water flowing down the Wissahickon Creek, an extension of the Delaware [...]
Two New York Contractors Charged With Asbestos Dumping
On May 5, two Western New York State contractors were charged with dumping thousands of pounds of asbestos-containing debris inside an abandoned warehouse in the Buffalo area. The two were subsequently arrested. They are 45-year-old Robert Bishop of East Amherst, and 47-year-old Salvatore Capizzi of Grand Island, both of whom have been charged by the [...]
Illinois Real Estate Developer Charged with Asbestos Dumping in Hopkins Park
Real estate developer Michael J. Pinski, 41, of Kankakee, and two associates, have been indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the central district of Illinois for illegally dumping asbestos in an open field in Hopkins Park, Illinois. All are from Illinois. As the U.S. Attorney’s Office notes, an indictment is an accusation, not a [...]
EPA Looking for Asbestos Licensing Fraudster
In November of 2008, Albania Deleon, 39, a U.S. citizen/émigré from the Dominican Republic, was convicted by a federal jury in Federal District Court, District of Massachusetts, of 28 counts of fraud for selling at least 800 fake asbestos-removal training certificates to foreign workers. Deleon, formerly a resident of Andover, Massachusetts, reportedly sold the certificates [...]
