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| Asbestos Victim’s Friends Strive to Raise Funds | |
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Wed 5/20/2009 An asbestos victim’s friends are in attempt of raising funds to help provide her with the money that she has to pay for medical bills. |
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| County building requires asbestos abatement before renovation | |
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Tue 5/19/2009 The Crawford County Administrator Paul Compo said that asbestos abatement is required before proceeding with a renovation project to the county building. |
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| Washington DC headquarters employees warned of asbestos | |
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Mon 5/18/2009 Management has warned employees at the Washington DC headquarters of NBC that asbestos is present at a part of the building. According to the information given earlier this week, asbestos is present of the first floor of the building. |
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| N.H. Veterans’ Home Receives Grant for Asbestos Abatement | |
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Sat 5/16/2009 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sanctioned a $3.7 million in federal grant money to the N.H. Veterans’ Home for finishing two energy-efficiency projects it was already working on. |
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| Court Allows Widow to Sue in Asbestos Case | |
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Thu 5/14/2009 An appeals court has ruled that the widow of a worker has the right to sue a company, which supplied asbestos-containing brake parts to his machine shop, over his death. |
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| Asbestos Victim Wins $12.1 M | |
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Wed 5/13/2009 LOS ANGELES – A U.S. Navy serviceman who was exposed to asbestos during his job in the 1960s has been awarded $12.1 million by an LA County jury. |
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| Developer fined for asbestos violations | |
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Tue 5/12/2009 Dan Desler, a Eugene developer and businessman, was arrested on Monday on many counts of felony air pollution. The Oregon State Police and the Linn County District Attorney’s Office informed that the 65-year-old man has been lodged in the Linn County Jail in Albany on $100,000 bail. |
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| Louisville Middle School to reopen after asbestos scare | |
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Mon 5/11/2009 LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Louisville Middle School management has decided to reopen the school on Monday as EPA health officials determined that asbestos found in an old segment of the school is not dangerous in the areas students are using. |
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| Park Construction Halted after Asbestos Discovery | |
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Fri 5/8/2009 SALEM – The construction of a highly expected park in the Point was halted after the discovery of asbestos, a potential cancer-causing substance. |
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| Des Moines developer to pay $500,000 for asbestos violations | |
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Thu 5/7/2009 IOWA – A Des Moines developer will pay $500,000 in fine following an inspection that found asbestos in a downtown building during renovations. |
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| EPA Fines Five Arizona Charter Schools for Violating Asbestos Regulations | |
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Wed 5/6/2009 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined five Arizona charter schools $35,000 Monday for violating the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. |
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| Widow Wins $995,000 in Asbestos Case | |
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Tue 5/5/2009 Panama City, FL – A widow from Florida was awarded $995,000 in damages and medical bills in a case concerning the death of her husband after developing asbestos-related lung cancer. |
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| Asbestos Victim’s Family Wins $2 M | |
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Mon 5/4/2009 BLOOMINGTON – A McLean County jury has awarded the family of a deceased Bloomington woman $2 million in an asbestos case. The ruling came Thursday after three days of deliberation. |
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| Maxham Elementary School Closed over Asbestos Concern | |
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Fri 5/1/2009 Taunton – Officials said that Maxham Elementary School will remain closed for a second immediate day following the discovery of asbestos, a potential carcinogen, in the building. |
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| Asbestos removal from Ohio School will cost 1M | |
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4/30/2009 According to a latest report, the removal of asbestos, a potential cancer-causing substance, from the old West Elementary School building in Youngstown, Ohio, will cost one million dollars. |
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