The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers keeps its working model of the San Francisco Bay in a shipbuilding warehouse in Sausalito, California. Though the Corps of Engineers now has computers to do their modeling, the Bay Model is still unfastened for visits by over 150,000 students as well as tourists each year. Though no scientific [...]
Aztec Center, the student union at California State University, opened in 1968. The student population has more than doubled since then, but the size of the student union building has not, meaning there isn’t enough space to provide sufficient services as well as facilities.
The student union building has very bad problems with its mechanical, electrical [...]
Michigan is one of many states facing environmental issues related to abandoned commercial properties. With no one to take responsibility for these orphaned sites, the state is west with the responsibility as well as expense of cleanup, an expense it can no longer afford.
The environmental issue begins when aged sites, similar factories as well as [...]
Asbestos, Lead & Hazardous Waste Laborers’ Local 78 is using a coffin with a fake corpse in it to make a point about the hazards of asbestos, much to the disgust of residents in lower Manhattan. The coffin has been in place for over a month, scaring kids as well as raising eyebrows. See related [...]
Jos. Schmidt as well as Sons struck a deal for the aged Sunny Ridge Nursing Home in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin back in November of final year. For a purchase price of $400,000, the developer purchased the six-story building plus the nearly 13 acres it sits on. Now the deal is back in negotiations due to [...]
Asbestos removal began at Elizabeth City State University (ESCU) in North Carolina in February. Uncluttered Air Environmental was hired as the contractor for the job. The asbestos removal is expected to be finished at the G.R. Little Theatre as well as two wings of the G.R. Little Library by mid-April. The project was undertaken to [...]
Bionomics has developed BNC105 as a vascular disrupting agent that is currently in Phase II studies for the treatment of mesothelioma as well as kidney cancer. BNC105 is differentiated by a dual mechanism of action that has direct anti-tumor activity as well as is highly selective of tumor vasculature. The Phase II studies are looking [...]
Vinyl floor tiles, brake pads, attic insulation, caulk as well as spackling compounds as well as thousands of other products contain asbestos, a dangerous substance known to cause mesothelioma as well as other humorless illnesses. Asbestos fibers are so tiny that 20,000 of them can fit in a space the size of Abraham Lincoln’s beard [...]
On Tuesday, March 9, local bands as well as music fans flocked to the Rocklike Rock Café in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the “Darryl Kunkle’s Kick Cancer’s Ass” benefit concert, including performances by Bang Tango, Bulletboys, as well as W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes. The concert was produced by Lawless Entertainment as well as filmed by GlamSLAM28 [...]
William Church Jr. of California, best known as “Slugger,” died of mesothelioma on January 30 at Feather River Hospice House at the age of 55. Slugger grew up in Colorado, winning the state wrestling championship when he was in high school. He went on to get his associate degree in auto body.
From working on his [...]
