January 13, 2011
A California safety consulting company ran a fraudulent training program for asbestos workers, reports Cooney and Conway.
December 21, 2010
A New York laboratory faces $7 million fine and possible jail time for three employees.
September 7, 2010
Quincy Massachusetts, (Mesothelioma News) The cost of a demolition project in Quincy, Mass.-part of a multimillion-dollar plan to construct a new concourse road through the city’s downtown-will more than double after greater-than-expected amounts of asbestos were found on the site.
While Quincy will delay the project until all of the cancer-causing material is safely removed, mesothelioma […]
March 29, 2010
Moundsville, West Virginia (WiredPRNews.com)– An abandoned property in Moundsville, West Virginia will soon undergo some much needed improvement work after having sat vacant for more than two decades.
“It hurt our economy when we lost the Fostoria. It had 700 to 800 employees at any one time. So that was a major dent in our employment,” […]
April 12, 2009
The former contractor owner entered a guilty plea for making false statements to the FBI.
A former asbestos monitoring contractor has pleaded guilty to fraud. As reported via a PR Newswire press release by the U.S. Department of Justice, Stephen E. McAnulty entered a guilty plea this week for giving false information to FBI agents and […]
April 7, 2009
Asbestos removal is planned for an elementary school in Philadelphia.
Asbestos removal has been planned for an elementary school in Philadelphia. As reported by the community’s Daily Local News, the Kennett Consolidated School District is set to remove asbestos from panels at the Mary D. Lang Elementary school building, which will be made into a kindergarten […]
April 4, 2009
The EPA is searching for a woman convicted of administering fake certificates for asbestos removal training.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is on the lookout for a woman that has been deemed an “environmental fugitive.” As reported by the Boston Herald, New England woman, Albania Deleon has been placed on the EPA most wanted list after […]
