Archive for December, 2011

The cost of building a Massachusetts high school has exceeded $190 million, with a notable portion of that expense coming from asbestos abatement.

Newton North High School, located just outside

Anyone with pending litigation stemming from personal health issues surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City must decide by Jan. 2, 2012 whether to continue the lawsuit, and forfeit the

Investigative reporter Matt Peacock of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation will deliver the keynote speech at the 8thAnnual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, the Asbestos Disease Awareness

Firefighters in Everett, Washington will receive free medical monitoring for their lifetime as part of a lawsuit settlement with the city, stemming from asbestos exposure during training sessions four

The use of asbestos in the United States has been reduced dramatically in the last 30 years, but the residual effect of its past proliferation will be with the country for many, many more years. And

Five years after approving an experimental asbestos demolition project in Fort Worth, Texas, the Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that construction workers may not have been adequately protected

The steps often have been slow, but Dr. Raffit Hassan in Bethesda, Maryland, keeps plugging away in the search for better options to treat malignant mesothelioma.

He never has been more optimistic.

Hassan,

Firefighters in Lackawanna, New York, are concerned after tests confirmed that asbestos fibers are present in the firehouse where they work. The firemen were evacuated Saturday from Fire House 3 at

The Environmental Protection Agency is under fire in Fort Worth, Texas, because it approved an experimental method of handling the demolition of a building filled with asbestos.

The experiment