Beginning in May, the main library at a California state university was closed to students and faculty as asbestos abatement activities began. The library will remain closed until August as the asbestos found above ceiling tiles is removed on the first…
IN RE: NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIGATION. Ruby E. Konstantin, & c., Respondent, v.
Three local residents are planning a 5k on Independence Day to not only get people active and engaged over the holiday but also to raise research funds and awareness toward fighting mesothelioma. The Miles for Meso 5k Run/Walk on July 4 will start at 9…
Zimmetry Environmental provides testing and consulting services to identify asbestos hazards and to comply with Puerto Rico’s EHS regulations. Workers in a number of industries in Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean deal with asbestos-containing materials on a regular basis.
The well-loved teacher, who taught more than 800 children in her 30 years of teaching in Bucks, believed her cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos in the workplace.
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Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. The Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund is holding its annual Action Mesothelioma Day conference on Friday, July 1, in the Council Chambers at Gateshead Civic, Regent Street, Gateshead.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student living in university housing said she was caught off guard when contractors began removing asbestos from the property. Amy Jancewicz is a Ph.D. student living with her husband and two children at Unive…
Dunedin home renovator John Alipate says he did not think twice about the asbestos risk when ripping into old homes, but now he is urging others not to make the same mistake. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Hot off his acclaimed HBO special Burning The Light, comedian Quincy Jones is bringing stand-up comedy to Brooklyn for a special one night only show with friends on June 30th at Littlefield. ThisMyShow Industries and The Laugh Button have come together…
He was 69. Bengal had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, a possible side-effect of his military service in southeast Asia, earlier this year. According to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals : “Doctors thought it was a hernia, but surgery revealed that it was mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer which in George’s case affected the membrane lining of the abdomen.
Auckland pensioner Des Sayegh has lost his fight against mesothelioma, after receiving his confidential payout from Australia for asbestos exposure. His grieving widow, Ann, said her husband of nearly 59 years was relieved he received the money a month…
The dust came from asbestos sheets he used to cut with a Skilsaw, while working as a Dunedin builder in the 1970s. He and other workers were given paper masks, but they were nothing compared with today’s modern respirators, he said.
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A conversation with comedian Quincy Jones is like sitting down with an old friend. More than a few “dudes,” “mans,” and excited “rights,” pepper his sentences, and he speaks freely, like he’s known you forever.