Archive for September, 2007
« Previous EntriesChicago Residents Forced To Evacuate
Friday, September 28th, 2007Tenants living in a high-rise building at 2930 N. Sheridan Rd. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood were abruptly ordered to evacuate on Thursday after asbestos-containing pipe insulation was disturbed during renovation. The building cannot be reoccupied until air testing shows that all areas of the building are safe. It appears that tenants will need to find […]
Buildings Scheduled For Demolition After Asbestos Removal
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The old Bells High School and gymnasium combination will soon be gone. Both buildings have been empty for more than 10 years. Asbestos is being removed from the buildings now, and demolition must wait until the asbestos abatement is finished to avoid hazardous exposures to the community. Some pieces of the gym floor were […]
Test May Help Show Which Patients Need Chemotherapy
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007A report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, claims that researchers at Taiwan University have developed a five-gene test that may help show which early-stage lung cancer patients most need chemotherapy. Chemotherapy can be greatly beneficial in slowing or halting the growth of lung cancer in some patients, but have little […]
USGS Study Reports Asbestos Fears Are Justified
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Sacramento, Ca - On December 20, 2006 the The Sacramento Bee reported that the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed a federal environmental agency’s findings of a particularly dangerous kind of asbestos on playgrounds in El Dorado Hill. USGS experts in mineral identification reached the conclusion after closely examining the playgrounds’ study samples of tiny particles […]
Cancer Care Costs 2.3 Billion
Monday, September 24th, 2007A study published in the January 3, 2007 issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute, report that the hours spent in cancer treatment – not including the cost of the treatment itself – amounts to a national price tag of at least $2.3 billion in the first year of treatment alone.
The study, conducted by […]
Civil Penalties Issued To Two New Hampshire Companies
Monday, September 17th, 2007$90,000 in civil penalties have been issued to Two New Hampshire companies that hired unlicensed contractors to carry out illegal removal of the toxic material asbestos from an industrial building in the city of Dover, New Hampshire
According to an article in Occupational Health and Safety Magazine, the state Department of Environmental Services (DES) learned that […]
Rosetta Genomics Partners With NYU Medical Center to Develop a Line of Diagnostic Tools for Lung and Mesothelioma Cancers
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. announced that it has partnered with NYU Medical Center with the aim of developing a line of early detection diagnostic products for lung, and Mesothelioma cancers.
The early detection test will mainly target over 45 […]
Chinese Exports Contain Lead Poisoning
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007WASHINGTON, D.C., USA – In the wake of scandals involving tainted food and toothpaste from China comes word of a new concern from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as well as the Food and Drug Administration – toys, makeup, glazed pottery and other products that contain significant amounts of lead.
While lead poisoning among children […]
Kane Management Group Fined For Using Unlicensed Workers
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 PORTSMOUTH, NH, USA — Kane Management Group LLC and an affiliated entity, 85 Industrial Park II LLC, have agreed to pay a $90,000 penalty for using unlicensed workers to remove asbestos flooring from a Dover industrial building, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office announced Friday.
The $90,000 payment stems from 2002, when the state Department of […]
Asbestos Testing and Removal
Monday, September 10th, 2007Asbestos is often off-white; less-common types are blue or brown . Its appearance generally depends upon the material it was mixed with to make it workable: cement, polymers, starch, asphalt, or other binders. Here’s where to look for asbestos and what to do if you find it:
Heating ductwork. Some ducts, particularly in Southern California, are […]