News Archive for December 2007

Haines City Awaits Asbestos Tests Before Tearing Down Drug Houses

City Awaits Asbestos Tests Before Tearing Down ... of an asbestos test before they can ... concerns about asbestos shingles arose. The city ... A company specializing in asbestos testing was ... the suspected asbestos was found, said, if ... to be asbestos, the city will still

Monday December 31 2007, 08:44PM

Sunshine, surf and the same year-end question: what comes next?

and the asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton. Their

Monday December 31 2007, 02:08AM

News Minute: Pakistan politics...Deadly 2007 in Iraq...Afghanistan ...

WDAM-TV - NAUDERO, Pakistan (AP) - He has no political experience and is still a teenager. But today, Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son has been named the symbolic leader of her Pakistan Peoples Party. Bhutto's husband is taking practical control of the party ...

Sunday December 30 2007, 11:37PM

City seeks gaming revenue to tear down blighted school

cost of asbestos removal and demolition from

Sunday December 30 2007, 10:12PM

Demonstrators raise slogans at a rally organised by the Vishwa Hindu ...

Samachar is asbestos roofed that has one ... Samachar is asbestos roofed that has one

Sunday December 30 2007, 08:31PM

Md. mortgage fee lawsuit reinstated

tobacco and asbestos companies. "This is a

Sunday December 30 2007, 08:14AM

Painstaking search for victim of Gloucester fire underway

masks because asbestos was found in the

Saturday December 29 2007, 04:58PM

Berkshire Hathaway to buy reinsurance unit

will assume tobacco and asbestos liabilities along

Saturday December 29 2007, 07:47AM

Berkshire Buys ING Reinsurance Unit for $440 Million (Update5)

tobacco and asbestos liabilities along with 575 ... for future asbestos claims in exchange for

Friday December 28 2007, 10:14PM

Search begins for remains of man, 70, killed in Gloucester fire

laden with asbestos, which requires a specially

Friday December 28 2007, 02:50PM

Huggins likes exposure of Charleston

closed for asbestos removal. West Virginia drew

Friday December 28 2007, 02:43PM

Asbestos in fire debris slows down recovery effort

Asbestos in fire debris slows down recovery ... Asbestos discovered in the debris of the ... tested for asbestos after visible signs of ... Asbestos, a group of minerals with long ... Environmental Protection Agency, while asbestos is not ... 14, the asbestos is saturated and has ... contaminated with asbestos," Mieth said. Ferson said ... keep the asbestos from becoming a problem ... for airborne asbestos right now, Ferson said ... concerns about asbestos. Rick Doucette, executive director ... warnings about asbestos from any officials. The

Friday December 28 2007, 02:21PM

Friday Morning News and Weather Update

stemming from asbestos liability claims. The company ... their own asbestos claims. The company has

Friday December 28 2007, 12:48PM

Debate rages while they suffer - Indian workers struggle to breathe ...

to Canadian asbestos Fri Dec 28 2007 ... by inhaling asbestos particles. A former stonemason ... used chrysotile asbestos fibres mixed in cement ... inhaling chrysotile asbestos fibres on the job ... deliver chrysotile asbestos from Quebec before it ... Much of the chrysotile asbestos used in ... build-up of asbestos fibres in their lungs ... chrysotile asbestos accounts for about one-third of ... asbestos in India and is used to ... inhale chrysotile asbestos fibres every day. Most ... of inhaling asbestos fibres. "The rate at ... the Ban Asbestos Network of India, a ... exporter of asbestos. JEN SKERRITT / WINNIPEG FREE ... affinity for asbestos is based on the ... policy on asbestos morally and ethically reprehensible ... from banning asbestos. Honestly, Canada should hang ... have inhaled asbestos dust from sawing through ... work with asbestos will only make their ... Although India imports chrysotile asbestos from Russia ... keep the asbestos industry in business. Krishna ... of chrysotile asbestos from Canada. Muthuswamy Minayan ... contain chrysotile asbestos for more than 25 ... that chrysotile asbestos is safe and that ... Canadian chrysotile asbestos is mixed with cement ... release of asbestos fibres -- except when ... work in asbestos manufacturing plants or construction ... from inhaling asbestos fibres from their husband's ... * Canada exports chrysotile asbestos and other ... in the asbestos industry in Canada. * ... of chrysotile asbestos. * Canada continues to

Friday December 28 2007, 12:34PM

ING to Sell Reinsurance Unit to Berkshire Hathaway (Update2)

to possible asbestos and tobacco claims, Raymond

Friday December 28 2007, 12:20PM

Asbestos Delays Demolition of Drug House

Friday, December 28, 2007 Asbestos Delays ... postponed because asbestos was found. Buy photo ... morning because asbestos tiles were found underneath ... West displays asbestos material found Thursday at ... area containing asbestos. Police won the seizure ... There is asbestos shingles that we did ... also has asbestos shingles. Anthony owned both ... test the asbestos and recommend the best ... kind of asbestos it is. City Manager ... because of asbestos. "Hopefully, we will be ... - crushinator Asbestos Delays Demolition of Drug

Friday December 28 2007, 11:01AM

Dana poised to exit bankruptcy

years settling asbestos lawsuits. Dana filed for

Friday December 28 2007, 08:02AM

Gore Milks Cash Cow, Sego May Run Again: What France Is Reading

say about asbestos and Chernobyl. The motto

Friday December 28 2007, 07:12AM

Auto briefs

stemming from asbestos liability claims. The company ... their own asbestos claims. Asbestos causes respiratory

Friday December 28 2007, 06:00AM

Winona State faces fines over asbestos removal

fines over asbestos removal Associated Press Last ... removal of asbestos, the state Occupational Safety ... workers from asbestos. OSHA spokesman James Honerman

Thursday December 27 2007, 11:55PM

Long live the queen! Elizabeth II at milestone

The Buffalo News updated every day with news from Buffalo, New York. Links to national and business news, entertainment listings, recipes, sports teams, classified ads, death notices.

Tuesday December 25 2007, 11:43PM

Sverdlovsk Region

and anthophyllite asbestos, 23% of the iron ... asbestos, kaolin and brick clays, building sand ... 25 million tons of asbestos, 5.8 ... roofing slate, asbestos cement pipes and unions ... rubber and asbestos goods, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals

Tuesday December 25 2007, 11:43PM

News Minute: High winds, low altitude...Suicide attacks...Bridge ...

WDAM-TV - PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - Witnesses are reportedly saying that a plane was flying at a very low altitude amid strong winds before it crashed in Panama on Sunday. The crash killed a California businessman, his teenage daughter and the pilot. A 12 ...

Tuesday December 25 2007, 11:22PM

Wrecking ball may be getting closer to Coachman Motel

bids include asbestos removal, demolition of the

Tuesday December 25 2007, 11:08PM

Who's Blogging

worked with asbestos. There's nothing wrong with

Tuesday December 25 2007, 08:37PM

LETTERS: The identity fallacy

Original English-language news coverage of Taiwan." /

Tuesday December 25 2007, 07:40PM

Toasting the Season on the Ellipse The National Yule Log Gets Glowing ...

on the asbestos logs. "Then when you

Tuesday December 25 2007, 12:45PM

On the night patrol at Kings Park

On a breezy and overcast Friday night, state park police Sgt. Tony Catalano and Officers Julie Miller and Eric Rynders stepped out of their vehicles and began walking around The Quads, a huge, boarded-up residential complex at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center." /

Tuesday December 25 2007, 11:33AM

Fungus a homegrown conflict

lead and asbestos that when you make

Sunday December 23 2007, 01:59PM

Asbestos removal at Academy Street fire site to start this week

WEATHER MESSAGE Asbestos removal at Academy Street ... Wednesday with asbestos removal at the Victoria ... week removing asbestos from the fire-ravaged structure

Sunday December 23 2007, 11:00AM

Asbestos cases up by more than 100 since'06

us AIM Asbestos cases up by more ... five years, asbestos cases have increased by ... In 2007, 444 asbestos cases were filed ... As for the number of asbestos cases ... As to asbestos, if you look back ... approximately 800-900 asbestos cases filed per year ... filings in asbestos." Contact reporter Jennifer K

Sunday December 23 2007, 10:45AM

Apartment residents packing over holidays

and have asbestos in them. Those apartments

Sunday December 23 2007, 08:51AM

Hospital fined for asbestos violation

fined for asbestos violation The Associated Press ... exposed to asbestos after receiving OSHA's report ... to detect asbestos exposure, she said. It ... that includes asbestos abatement in the areas ... addressed concerning asbestos. According to the OSHA ... material containing asbestos was in a vinyl ... allows the asbestos fibers to become airborne ... 22 • Hospital fined for asbestos violation • Blunt

Sunday December 23 2007, 08:08AM

CSI toy kit recalled amid asbestos fear

recalled amid asbestos fear The Associated Press ... samples of asbestos included in the kits

Sunday December 23 2007, 07:39AM

Toy Removed For Asbestos Link

Removed For Asbestos Link Company Asks Stores ... Linked To Asbestos WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2007 ... samples of asbestos included in the kits ... Lab studies from an asbestos awareness organization ... asbestos in some samples of the kit's ... there is asbestos within the product that

Saturday December 22 2007, 11:54PM

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Is Dissatisfied with Planet ...

Press Release Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Is ... PM ET The Asbestos Disease Awareness ... voice of asbestos victims, today announced that ... evidence of asbestos in numerous everyday consumer ... testing showed asbestos in this toy, to ... dangers of asbestos exposure. It is unfortunate ... products containing asbestos are no longer available ... Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Asbestos Disease Awareness ... founded by asbestos victims and their families ... ADAO seeks to give asbestos victims a ... dangers of asbestos exposure and the often ... asbestos related diseases. ADAO is funded through

Friday December 21 2007, 09:11PM

CSI toy pulled from shelves for asbestos link

shelves for asbestos link Updated  |  Comment ... samples of asbestos included in the kits ... Lab studies from an asbestos awareness organization ... asbestos in some samples of the kit's ... there is asbestos within the product that

Thursday December 20 2007, 11:56PM

Northshore asbestos limits stay, judge rules

Home | Business Northshore asbestos limits stay ... emissions of asbestos fibers from its taconite ... resumed airborne asbestos testing in the two ... a science-based asbestos air standard. "We will

Thursday December 20 2007, 11:56PM

Starcher says he won't run again for Supreme Court

20,000 asbestos injury cases and a ... state buildings asbestos trial. He held all

Thursday December 20 2007, 11:06PM

CBS orders CSI toy fingerprint kits removed from toy shelves

contaminated with asbestos. Public Justice, America’s public ... of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, requesting ... not find asbestos in other samples. Late ... 100" found no asbestos. Some kits, ... associated with asbestos exposure, ADAO agrees with ... Once asbestos is inhaled or swallowed, the ... products for asbestos, and released its findings ... presence of asbestos in the white fingerprint

Thursday December 20 2007, 09:33PM

Live Updates on Demolition Vote from Council Chambers

filled with "asbestos from the 1940s," and ... filled with asbestos, mold, mildew and lead

Thursday December 20 2007, 09:33PM

Portion of CSU library closed for asbestos removal

closed for asbestos removal By Trevor Hughes ... Workers are removing tiles containing asbestos from ... tiles containing asbestos. ADVERTISEMENT  “Some of those ... do contain asbestos, which is only a ... of the asbestos hazard have been posted ... and remove asbestos. Chase said the carpet

Thursday December 20 2007, 06:06PM

Payout for asbestos victim's widow

Payout for asbestos victim's widow By Katie ... exposed to asbestos while building homes for ... exposed to asbestos for long periods of ... "Mr Love was exposed to asbestos ... drilling through asbestos and brushing away asbestos ... He also had to cut asbestos cement ... and asbestos rope for insulation of the

Thursday December 20 2007, 05:30PM

Personal income rises 1.1% in quarter

bankruptcy by asbestos claims, reached a $34

Thursday December 20 2007, 01:19PM

Apparent arson at former hospital

There was asbestos and things - too

Thursday December 20 2007, 10:42AM

'CSI'Fingerprint Toy Recalled After Asbestos Report

Recalled After Asbestos Report   More local links ... that identified asbestos in the product. ?Lab ... form of asbestos and a toxic hazardous ... with any asbestos contact, we are removing ... level of asbestos.? Department inspectors are embargoing

Tuesday December 18 2007, 11:59PM

Report: Federal-Mogul retracts date for Ch. 11 exit

4 billion in asbestos claims. The Southfield-based ... used asbestos, a heat-resistant material that can ... 500,000 asbestos claims. Article Tools: Print

Tuesday December 18 2007, 03:09PM

State No. 4 on list of judicial hellholes

of fraudulent asbestos claims. All this lawsuit

Tuesday December 18 2007, 02:55PM

Advocates call S. Fla. courts `hellhole'

Asbestos lawsuits dropped to 325 last year

Tuesday December 18 2007, 02:05PM

Fort Worth building demolished using new asbestos plan

using new asbestos plan 07:18 AM CST ... an experimental asbestos abatement method that Fort ... cases, the asbestos is left in the ... to prevent asbestos particles from becoming airborne ... in which asbestos is removed before demolition

Tuesday December 18 2007, 01:07PM

Federal-Mogul to end 6-year stay in bankruptcy protection

stemming from asbestos liability claims. The company ... their own asbestos claims. Asbestos, a fibrous

Tuesday December 18 2007, 01:07PM

So You Think You Know Carols?

An asbestos teddy bear 9. In "Jingle

Tuesday December 18 2007, 12:32PM

Asbestos-laden building demolished in test

requires that asbestos be removed from buildings ... removing the asbestos. If proven effective, the ... could allow asbestos fibers into the air ... remove the asbestos under the old method ... the national asbestos workers union, said there's ... whether any asbestos was released. ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ... removing the asbestos. Normally, workers would seal ... and remove asbestos by hand while wearing ... possibility of asbestos fibers drifting into the ... people to asbestos -- a fibrous mineral ... Andy Oberta, a well-respected asbestos consultant in

Tuesday December 18 2007, 11:34AM

Regional roundup

using new asbestos plan The Oak Hollow ... an experimental asbestos abatement method that Fort ... cases, the asbestos is left in the ... to prevent asbestos particles from becoming airborne ... in which asbestos is removed before demolition

Tuesday December 18 2007, 10:16AM

Asbestos plan to slowly empty U. City High

it for asbestos removal. SAVE AND SHARE ... 17, 2007 Asbestos plan to slowly empty ... disturbing cancer-causing asbestos inside the building. The ... But concerns about asbestos have convinced district ... Asbestos is a mineral fiber used for ... it of asbestos. The asbestos at University ... Henwood said the asbestos could be contained ... about the asbestos, the sprawling building, built ... If they know asbestos is in here ... Clearly there is asbestos in the building ... work with asbestos have increased chances of ... exposure to asbestos, but appear only after ... In addition, long-term exposure to asbestos can ... bad the asbestos problem was, I thought ... lot of asbestos in the basement," where ... of the asbestos," he said. "We'll do ... Environmental Protection Agency Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response

Monday December 17 2007, 12:33PM

Barack Obama Straddles Different Worlds

or removing asbestos from a housing project

Saturday December 15 2007, 11:27PM

Broomfield High Undergoes Asbestos Testing

Broomfield High Undergoes Asbestos Testing Required fields ... High Undergoes Asbestos Testing BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) ... Crews have tested for asbestos at Broomfield ... levels of asbestos so the school canceled ... It found one type of asbestos in ... types of asbestos in the hallway. School ... High Undergoes Asbestos Testing  RTD Says Light ... High Undergoes Asbestos Testing  12 Year Old

Saturday December 15 2007, 10:58PM

Paris Opera to exhume 100-year-old recordings

bands of asbestos used at the time

Saturday December 15 2007, 08:56PM

Elevator glitch almost delays return to Sunset Towers

attempts, exposed asbestos, financial delays and a

Saturday December 15 2007, 07:30PM

Some worried over asbestos in Fort Worth apartment demolition

worried over asbestos in Fort Worth apartment ... tiny, cancer-causing asbestos fibers in the air ... of removing asbestos. Residents and health officials ... out the asbestos by hand. Since then ... of airborne asbestos. The panel questioned the ... that airborne asbestos levels were insignificant, saying ... Insulators and Asbestos Workers. "My only concern

Friday December 14 2007, 11:56PM

Dominion to start cleaning Mass. Salem coal plant

clean-up of asbestos at Dominion Resources Inc's ... clean the asbestos at the plant or

Friday December 14 2007, 08:43PM

All you need to know: Affordable house of the day

removes mold, asbestos and other nasty things

Friday December 14 2007, 06:27PM

Lucy P. Allen Named Chair of NERA's Mass Torts and Product Liability ...

products, including asbestos, medical products, and building ... companies with asbestos exposure and allocated forecasted

Friday December 14 2007, 05:08PM

EPA says Oregon asbestos cleanup lacks funding

says Oregon asbestos cleanup lacks funding The ... pay for asbestos cleanup at the North ... The asbestos is from boards on the ... but the asbestos wasn’t removed. The federal ... mitigate the asbestos, a known carcinogen. Residents ... how much asbestos exists and where it ... existence of asbestos about six years ago

Thursday December 13 2007, 02:32PM

Ecology and Environment, Inc. Reports Earnings for the First Quarter ...

remediation and asbestos markets. The Company adopted

Thursday December 13 2007, 02:03PM

Asbestos fibres found in school kitchen

5 Has asbestos closed school? 6 New ... fundraising 7 Asbestos fibres found in school ... to index Asbestos fibres found in school ... inspection found asbestos fibres in the air ... closed after asbestos fibres were found in ... to an asbestos tile in the kitchen

Thursday December 13 2007, 01:13PM

Asbestos: School secretary on medication for rest of life

life after asbestos particles were found in ... week that asbestos lurks in 165 schools ... I had asbestos particles in my lungs ... contact with asbestos in my working life ... Speaking of the presence of asbestos in ... only told asbestos was in the boiler

Thursday December 13 2007, 11:26AM

Residents'blanketed in asbestos dust'

'blanketed in asbestos dust'   Job creation up ... 'blanketed in asbestos dust' December 13, 2007 ... blanketed in asbestos dust, a local environment ... are spreading asbestos tailings. Spokesman John Tredrea ... effects of asbestos dust. Mr Tredrea says

Thursday December 13 2007, 08:34AM

Con Edison proposes 19% rate hike

Months after Con Edison devastated midtown with a cloud of asbestos-laden steam, the utility wants regulators to sock customers with a 19% hike in steam rates." /

Thursday December 13 2007, 08:13AM

Berkshire's Retreat, Pabrai's Setback, Sports Direct: Timshel

to resolve asbestos claims. Berkshire's investment paid

Thursday December 13 2007, 06:32AM

Mum beats asbestos

Mum beats asbestos Article from: Font size: ... of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma was in ... Ms Dunn's only exposure to asbestos dust

Wednesday December 12 2007, 08:03PM

Weitz&Luxenberg Responds to Study Finding Asbestos in Children's ...

Study Finding Asbestos in Children's Toys 12 ... that contain asbestos. The Asbestos Disease Awareness ... advocates for asbestos victims, recently released the ... dangers of asbestos, many home and garden ... & Luxenberg's Asbestos Litigation unit. "As a ... prosecution of asbestos cases. In 2007, the ... $37 million asbestos verdict in two lung ... exposure to asbestos can have debilitating health ... harmed by asbestos may contact Weitz & ... litigations involving asbestos, DES, silicone breast implants

Wednesday December 12 2007, 02:48PM

Sacred Transaction

electrical rewiring, asbestos and lead paint abatement

Tuesday December 11 2007, 02:46AM

Raid Conducted In Katrina Attorney Case

tobacco and asbestos litigation. He reportedly made

Tuesday December 11 2007, 02:24AM

Group protests Fort Worth's asbestos removal method

Fort Worth's asbestos removal method 06:39 PM ... an experimental asbestos abatement test to continue ... all the asbestos. Also Online Document: Read ... on the asbestos abatement method being tested ... There is no doubt that asbestos will ... exposure to asbestos, which can cause cancer ... control of asbestos." It also said that ... Group protests Fort Worth's asbestos removal method

Monday December 10 2007, 11:54PM

PPG Receives Approval from European Union Regulators to Acquire ...

if the asbestos settlement discussed in PPG's

Monday December 10 2007, 11:18PM

Amend-Fitch Upgrades Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s IDR to'B+'; Outlook ...

This is after unusually high asbestos payments ... The trend in new asbestos claims has ... the estimated asbestos liability factored into the ... The asbestos liability assumption has been reduced ... the declining asbestos liability accounts on the ... lesser extent asbestos liabilities. The company's biggest ... lower cash asbestos payments, and higher capital ... Asbestos litigation remains an ongoing diversion of ... cash towards asbestos than funded debt (excluding ... additional assumed asbestos payments of $90 million

Monday December 10 2007, 08:41PM

Judge orders new trial for SDG&E in asbestos case

SDG&E in asbestos case By Anne Krueger ... while removing asbestos from nine miles of ... test the asbestos samples presented to jurors ... improperly removing asbestos and one count of ... disposing of asbestos. They faced up to ... removal of asbestos, a potentially cancer-causing material

Monday December 10 2007, 07:58PM

General Population Unlikely to Suffer Health Effects From 9/11 Air ...

(PCBs), dioxins, asbestos, volatile organic compounds, particle-bound ... established for asbestos and other contaminants, and

Monday December 10 2007, 07:00PM

Week 14 Judgements: You had me at Romo ... until Elway comparison

weekend without asbestos. My top five 1

Monday December 10 2007, 06:18PM

Ellen Rescues Abused Beasts

referring to asbestos on the premises. But ... called the asbestos allegation "totally absurd." Nello

Monday December 10 2007, 05:49PM

Underdown Jr. High changing

remodeling, including asbestos removal. There will be

Saturday December 08 2007, 02:38PM

Tests at Collinwood do not find toxins

The independent company tested for asbestos, mold

Saturday December 08 2007, 02:02PM

Town reassured its recycling site will not be shutting down

case of asbestos being dumped on Birkrigg

Saturday December 08 2007, 11:46AM

LegalView Announces Re-Launch of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis ...

research on asbestos exposure and treatments for

Saturday December 08 2007, 11:10AM

Family win asbestos compensation fight

Family win asbestos compensation fight 15:31 > Saturday 8th ... Family win asbestos compensation fight DAVID BALE ... contact with asbestos dust. The company has ... Mr Barr was exposed to asbestos dust ... lagged with asbestos. Part of his tool ... with an asbestos blanket and he also ... tub of asbestos powder on a daily ... caused by asbestos through the Dust of ... exposed to asbestos. Have you lost a

Saturday December 08 2007, 06:38AM

Blood test could provide early cancer warning

exposure to asbestos and radon gas. Prof

Saturday December 08 2007, 02:28AM

W.R. Grace loses appeal of ruling by 3-judge panel in asbestos case

panel in asbestos case By Tricia Bishop ... the deadly asbestos contamination of a Montana ... to asbestos contamination. The government alleges that ... from the asbestos exposure. Shares of Grace

Thursday December 06 2007, 11:59PM

Weitz&Luxenberg Disappointed by Watered Down'Ban Asbestos'Bill

the "Ban Asbestos in America Act" was ... advocates for asbestos victims and many others ... in the Asbestos Litigation Unit at Weitz ... The threat of asbestos exposure will remain ... Act make asbestos exposure a continued, far-reaching ... that talc-containing asbestos from upstate New York ... to its asbestos contamination and the hundreds ... harmed by asbestos. In May, the firm ... exposed to asbestos (Index Nos. 100016/99 ... distributor of asbestos products. In 2006, the ... harmed by asbestos or wish to know ... litigations involving asbestos, DES, silicone breast implants

Thursday December 06 2007, 02:48PM

Activists want asbestos-laced toy off shelves

laced with asbestos. The Environmental Working Group ... by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization revealed ... All three labs found asbestos at relatively ... up of asbestos. The problem with this ... that the asbestos is one of the ... presence of asbestos in the kits. More

Thursday December 06 2007, 01:14PM

Iron Range: New details on cancer related to asbestos

related to asbestos State health officials say ... linked to asbestos exposure. At issue is ... identical to asbestos. Those who have contracted ... to resemble asbestos. "The fact is that ... that commercial asbestos located in boilers and ... related to asbestos State health officials say ... linked to asbestos exposure. At issue is ... identical to asbestos. Those who have contracted ... to resemble asbestos. "The fact is that ... that commercial asbestos located in boilers and

Wednesday December 05 2007, 11:53PM

Flowserve Wins Major Pump Orders for Pearl Gas-to-Liquids Plant Being ...

Flowserve Corporation, a leading global provider of fluid motionand control products and services (NYSE:FLS)

Wednesday December 05 2007, 10:05PM

Scruggs Law Firm Announces Favorable Verdict in Welding Fume Case

like the asbestos and tobacco industries before

Wednesday December 05 2007, 10:05PM

The USDA's Losing Effort

Under a program to create jobs in rural America, the U.S. Department of Agriculture guaranteed $1.6 million in loans to Aztec Environmental Inc., an asbestos-removal company in Panama City, Fla.

Wednesday December 05 2007, 09:22PM

PM joins mourners for Banton funeral

today for asbestos disease campaigner Bernie Banton ... behalf of asbestos disease sufferers. Mr Banton's ... exposure to asbestos while he worked for

Wednesday December 05 2007, 09:08PM

Lawyer Will Cooperate in Bribe Case

earned millions from asbestos litigation and from

Wednesday December 05 2007, 09:01PM

Former lawyer gets jail time for fraud

5 million for clients in asbestos injury ... of his asbestos clients. From the late ... 7,000 asbestos clients. A press release ... his defrauded asbestos clients, Robles sent out ... against all asbestos defendants who had been

Wednesday December 05 2007, 08:25PM

Former attorney gets 15 years for cheating asbestos victims of $13.5M ...

for cheating asbestos victims of $13.5M ... ill by asbestos and using it to ... from his asbestos clients' trust funds to

Wednesday December 05 2007, 04:36PM

Chili contractor accused of asbestos exposure

exposed to asbestos hazards while demolishing the ... employees against asbestos exposure, yet elected to

Wednesday December 05 2007, 10:17AM

Asbestos Victim's Family in Landmark Legal Victory

KST Asbestos Victim's Family in Landmark ... exposure to asbestos. The ruling, Korea's first ... danger of asbestos and hold an employer ... ordered an asbestos producer to pay W133 ... caused by asbestos dust. The judge found ... related to asbestos exposure, since asbestos-related diseases ... precedent for asbestos victims to receive compensation ... asbestos affects not only the workers involved ... near an asbestos plant," he said. "The ... dangers of asbestos." Few asbestos victims have ... Among residents near an asbestos factory in ... of the asbestos industry since the 1960s ... Korea only implemented measures over asbestos in

Wednesday December 05 2007, 12:37AM

Former attorney gets 15 years for stealing asbestos settlements

for stealing asbestos settlements Posted on Tue ... ill by asbestos out of about $13 ... from his asbestos clients' trust fund accounts

Tuesday December 04 2007, 10:50PM