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Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy
 
Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy

Asbestos Exposure May Shorten Firefighters’ Life Expectancy

The Firefighting Authority is putting into place new safety measures for handling asbestos fires, which may pose firefighters their greatest health risk. Yesterday’s fire in Keshet gave firefighters their first opportunity to try out new regulations. The firefighters used protective equipment and washed themselves afterward to minimize their exposure to asbestos. Firefighters around the world [...]

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Zane State funds asbestos abatement

07 June 2010

Muskingam County, Ohio, plans to donate a large tract of land for the construction of Zane State’s new science and technology center in exchange for the funding necessary to demolish the land’s current buildings. The land, near Newark Road, currently accommodates the Muskingam County Home, but the buildings were labeled as unstable and potentially dangerous [...]

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Ottawa woman races for a mesothelioma cure

31 May 2010

This week in Ottawa, Canada, local woman Alissa Boardley will participate in the city’s annual race weekend. Each year the city hosts a series of races followed by a marathon that raise money to help develop the cures for a number of diseases. This year there will be over thirty eight thousand participants running for [...]

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Quebec to expand asbestos mining operation

24 May 2010

Asbestos, Quebec is pushing for further development of their asbestos mining industry, an industry that represents the last foothold of new asbestos production in the developed world. The town has been severely affected by the recent economic downturn, and is hoping that widening their mining operations could replace some 450 of 1000 or so jobs [...]

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Asbestos contamination in army housing, Fort Bliss, TX

17 May 2010

Soldiers and their families living inside of Fort Bliss, Texas, have enough to worry about without being exposed to dangerous asbestos debris in their homes. Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped the dangerous substance from turning up in the Van Horne Housing Development inside of the Army post. Asbestos exposure is recognized by the United States Environmental [...]

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New York: Asbestos inspector admits fraud

10 May 2010

The New York Department of Environmental Protection says that it plans to increase its efforts to effectively audit toxic substance reports as a result of a recently uncovered incident. Saverio Todaro, a formerly licensed new York City safety inspector and the owner of SAF Environmental Corp, plead guilty on March 26th to eleven separate felonies [...]

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Relay for Life raises $1,000,000 for cancer research and relief

03 May 2010

The Cancer Society Relay for Life fund raiser raised almost $1,000,000 this year. The Relay for Life is a twenty-four hour event in which teams of participants walk or run around tracks, parks, athletic fields and other public places in relay for one day and one night. The events are intended to raise public awareness [...]

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