The former Jasper County care facility in Iowa is contaminated with asbestos. Ames Environmental Inc. performed an inspection involving nearly 100 samples from around the facility on December 21. Fourteen of the samples tested positive for asbestos, mainly in floor tiles, roofing as well as other construction materials. The county supervisor said that the next [...]
Frank Bender was a renowned forensic sculptor for many years, known for helping solve chilly case crimes by making incredibly accurate sculptures of suspects at large. Bender is dying of malignant pleural mesothelioma, which he developed as a result of asbestos exposure during his service with the U.S. Navy. His cancer has made it impossible [...]
The U.S. Geological Survey uses the Columbia Environmental Research Center in Missouri to research how water quality affects river science as well as aquatic organisms. Their facility is going to be getting a $7 million overhaul to the 1960s as well as 1970s buildings that make up the research center. Nine of the buildings will [...]
In mid-January, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in California approved the plan for Lehman Brothers to pay $3.7 million for the abatement of hazardous materials at the former Oak Knoll Naval hospital site that was supposed to become a residential housing development with nearly 1,000 homes, a shopping area as well as a park. The [...]
The University of Tulsa College of Law in Oklahoma received a $5 million gift from Chapman Charitable Trusts to establish the Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair for the College of Law. This money will help fund a major renovation of John Rogers Hall, including asbestos abatement. Once the asbestos is removed from the building, expected [...]
Amanda as well as Derrick Suggs from Loris, South Carolina were chosen by the TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to get their home completely redone. The work crews got started on January 12 for one week of major renovations.
The Suggs family was chosen because they had adopted Amanda’s younger siblings to keep them out [...]
Is There a Cure for Mesothelioma?
newbfaq.com – Mesothelioma is an extremely difficult cancer to diagnose as well as treat. In this video Mary Hesdorffer, a nurse practitioner as well as Health examination Liaison for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (newbfaq.com), talks about the effort to find a cure for the disease. For more information visit [...]
The former Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. office building in Columbus has been approved for $631,343 in Uncluttered Ohio funding for its demolition. Asbestos as well as other waste must be cleaned up from the site before the structure can come down to make way for the expansion of V&M Star Steel, which would double [...]
Washington County High School in Illinois may not start on time this fall due to a $4 million health as well as life safety project that must be completed over the summer. School is supposed to begin on Monday, August 23 for the 2010-11 school year, but the state-required asbestos abatement turned out to be [...]
On January 11, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met outside the remains of their VFW post in Lufkin, Texas. The post had stood there for 75 years until a December 23 tornado took off the roof, knocked down walls as well as gutted the main hall’s interior. The members are hoping to possess [...]
