The historic 109-year-old Alamo Elementary School in El Paso, Texas is considered by some to be one of the most significant structures in all of El Paso. The building is currently closed, but a school district representative has assured residents that it will not be demolished. Instead, a reconstruction process will begin to address the [...]
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) in Pennsylvania has been accused of mishandling asbestos. Specifically, the accusations include removing asbestos insulation from heating as well as plumbing pipes in an unsafe manner as well as then improperly disposing of them. Accusations come from residents of renovated homes – including a woman who handled the asbestos-covered pipes [...]
The police department in DeFuniak Springs, Florida could soon possess a recent home. The location of the current police department has become cramped as well as difficult to get into as well as out of. Additionally, water damage from a leaky roof has continued to damage offices as well as has destroyed many files. The [...]
Omaha Nebraska Senator Bob Krist is proposing the state spend approximately $650,000 to research a test that analyzes sputum to inexpensively screen for lung cancer. Krist’s bill, LB987, would primarily take funds from a tobacco settlement for the study. Krist became more actively interested in beginning lung cancer detection when his father was diagnosed with [...]
After an extended struggle with mesothelioma, Marianna Eislet of Blue Earth, Minnesota died on January 20, at the age of 81. Rev. Mark Wilms officiated at the funeral services, which were held at the Blue Earth Trinity Lutheran Church on February 2. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth. All arrangements were handled by [...]
Larry Davis of Pompano Beach, Florida was given a grim prognosis after his 2007 mesothelioma surgery. Mesothelioma is a dangerous form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. None of the options presented by doctors sounded viable to Davis., who decided to forego further treatment. Despite ceasing his chemotherapy as well as prescribed medications, he eventually [...]
Montour High School in Pennsylvania will undergo renovations next year. The school is currently looking for a temporary area for the school to continue educating its students. There are numerous reasons for the students as well as staff to be relocated, including more than 69,000 square feet of asbestos tile, toxic glues used to hold [...]
For decades during the Chilly War era, the U.S. Navy as well as U.S. Air Force maintained U.S. owned as well as operated soldierlike bases in the Philippines. In the 1990s, the United States closed these bases as well as gave them to the Philippine government. Local environmentalists, government officials as well as citizens claim [...]
In beginning February, the Bartonville hospital powerhouse was demolished after a thorough asbestos cleanup was finally completed. Asbestos abatement cost $350,000, but the demolition cost only $80,000.
The powerhouse was built in 1949, when the take of asbestos was still ordinary because the health effects were not widely known. Inhaling asbestos fibers can lead to [...]
Having inmates work while imprisoned serves several purposes. The inmates learn job skills, taxpayers save money as well as recidivism rates improve. The inmates in Ohio possess saved the state hundreds of thousands of dollars by butchering their own meat, processing dairy as well as making essential items such as toilet paper as well as [...]
