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Asbestos News Roundup: 9.3.10
September 3rd, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Madison County, IL: Ten new asbestos complaints were filed in Madison County in mid-August. They include a suit brought by Iona Frost of Washington, who worked at a laundromat from 1952 until 1962 where she claims she was exposed to asbestos. Frost also alleges that she was secondarily exposed to asbestos fibers through her ex-husband, Donald Hamilton, who worked as a laborer at Seattle Hardware Company from 1952 until 1968, and through her second husband, Jim Frost, who worked as a salesman at hardware companies from 1968 until 1990.
Also, William and Carolyn Boughman of Indiana brought an asbestos-related suit alleging that William developed mesothelioma after his work as a laborer, mechanic, truck driver and operator at various locations from 1959 until 2000.
And Sydney A. Rose of Iowa claims her recently deceased husband, Clarence A. Rose, developed mesothelioma after his work as a boilertender in the U.S. Navy from 1951 until 1955, as a boilermaker at General Services Administration from 1956 until 1986, as a shadetree mechanic in Missouri from 1956 until 1976 and as a drywaller and home remodeler from 1956 until 1977. (Madison Country Record)
Jefferson County, TX: Another asbestos suit was brought by the son of a deceased brick mason against 45 companies alleging the corporate defendants negligently exposed his Read the rest of this entry »
Quebec Asbestos Mine Gets Government Backing
August 31st, 2010. By janem
It’s unfathomable and despicable that the Quebec government will guarantee a $3.5-million line of credit for the Jeffrey asbestos mine in Asbestos, Quebec. Now the mine will be able to pump out more asbestos for the next month while it hunts for asbestos investors. The Jeffrey mine is looking for a cash injection of $58 million for a new underground mine at the site.
Ironically, The Canadian government recently announced it will spend C$600,000 on two studies at mining sites in the city of Thetford Mines in Quebec, to look at potential waste management strategies. Thetford was one of the world’s biggest asbestos-producing regions, until asbestos dust was linked with cancer and lung disease. Natural Resources Canada said the study “will help determine if post-mining activities can be conducted on the site to minimize waste and transform it into environmentally friendly resources for other uses.” The project falls under the federal government’s new C$8-million green mining initiative, which aims to improve the mining sector’s environmental performance and create green technology opportunities.
Who are they kidding? Does the Canadian government think we are naïve enough to believe that anything green and “environmentally friendly” can stem from asbestos?
In August, mine owner Bernard Coulombe told The Sherbrooke Record that the Jeffrey asbestos mine faces permanent shutdown if financing by the Quebec government is not granted. According to the Record, Coulombe told Economic development minister Clement Gignac that all he needed was a loan guarantee of $58 million.
Gignac agreed in principle to that guarantee, but said the mine needs another financial partner to pay an extra $15 million to the project that was not part of the loan. “The government hired industry auditor KPMG to do an audit of our operation and they stipulated that to complete work on the underground shaft would require special contractors, instead of allowing us to do the work ourselves,” he said.
Coulombe said two potential investors, one from London and another from India, will be visiting the premises next month. China already backed out.
Poor Coulombe. He says he cannot find other partners because of the negative publicity his fiber has been getting by anti-asbestos critics who want to shut down the industry in Quebec permanently. He argues that the Chrysotile-type fiber is not dangerous if handled properly.
“When you get people like (federal Liberal party leader Michael) Ignatieff saying Canada should ban all exports of chrysotile, then investors get scared that their money will be lost if the Liberals come to power,” Coulombe said.“It is difficult for me to convince them otherwise.”
Asbestos News Roundup: 8.27.10
August 28th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Madison County, IL: Four men have filed an asbestos lawsuit claiming that they fear developing cancer after they helped demolish a building containing asbestos that they had been told contained none.
Jaime Chier, Mark Uzzetta, John Schilly and Myrna Bomkamp filed a lawsuit Aug. 13 in Madison County Circuit Court against Alter Trading Corp., Environmental Consultants, Midwest Asbestos Abatement Corporation doing business as Midwest Service Group, Envirotech and Talbert Industrial Commercial Services.
The plaintiffs claim they worked for Premier Demolition and began dismantling a structure at 901 South Front St. in Quincy in August, 2008. Before the plaintiffs’ work began, the defendants inspected the premises and promised it had been cleared of asbestos-containing materials, according to the complaint.
However, the plaintiffs claim they now fear such diseases because they became exposed to asbestos fibers when they demolished the Quincy building.
“When asbestos fibers from disturbed asbestos-containing materials become airborne, such as during renovations or Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 8.19.10
August 19th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Everett, WA: Dozens of firefighters in the city of Everett have filed asbestos lawsuits totaling a reported $9 million, and some are moving toward a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the city, alleging they and their spouses were exposed to asbestos during training exercises in city-owned buildings known to contain asbestos. Those exercises included chopping holes in several of the homes on North Broadway and Tower streets.
However, unlike a real-life situation, the firefighters were not wearing self-contained breathing gear during the exercises. According to a report on the Heraldnet.com, “At least one fire official knew the houses contained asbestos before the training, but the exercise went on anyway, apparently because of miscommunication.”
The firefighters don’t want money, apparently, but instead want the city to undertake to pay for lifetime medical monitoring for asbestos-related health problems. And they want that undertaking in writing.
City spokesperson Kate Reardon told the Heraldnet.com that the city has offered lifetime medical monitoring to 27 of the firefighters who are named in the claim. They were thought Read the rest of this entry »
Asbestos News Roundup: 8.12.10
August 12th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Madison County, IL: Norvel and Dorothy Arnold of Texas have filed an asbestos claim alleging that Norvel Arnold developed mesothelioma after his work as a laborer on his family’s farm from 1950 until 1953, as a laborer in the U.S. Army from 1953 until 1955, as a laborer at a boatyard in 1955, as a laborer at an airbase in 1956, as a laborer at HJ Heinz Cannery from 1956 until 1957, as a laborer at a dairy from 1957 until 1959, as an equipment operator at a grain elevator from 1960 until 1973 and as an equipment operator for the county from 1973 until 1993.
Richard C. Dwight of South Carolina, also filed a suit claiming that he developed mesothelioma resulting from exposure to asbestos while he was a member of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 until 1955, a laborer at DuPont from 1955 until 1968 and a seller and servicer of filters and filter systems for Carolina Filters from 1968 until 1988.
A couple from Missouri, James F. and Mary Joan Hensley have filed an asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit alleging that James developed mesothelioma after his work as a home remodeler, home rebuilder, roofer, tiler, drywaller and electrician from 1950 until 1979, as a shadetree mechanic from 1949 until 2009, as a demolition man from 1950 until 1955, as a laborer at a processing plant from 1955 until 1957, as a laborer for Pipeline Inc. from 1957 until 1961, as an interior designer from 1961 until 1970 and as a worker for Beckman Construction Company from 1970 until his retirement. (Madisonrecord.com)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Hollister, MO: Students at Hollister Junior High will be starting their new school year in temporary classrooms after a flood resulting from a burst pipe revealed asbestos in the floor tiling.
School Superintendent Tim Taylor said the leak sent about two inches of water throughout Read the rest of this entry »
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