Several areas of a nursing home in Pennsylvania have tested positive for asbestos fibers. According to WFMZ, the Gracedale Nursing Home facility in Northampton County recently tested positive for asbestos after the deadly fibers were detected in certain areas of the building. Tom Harp, Northampton County’s director of administration, said that the Gracedale Safety Committee [...]
A Colorado man has been sentenced to a four-year community corrections term and must pay more than $300,000 in restitution after releasing loose asbestos into the air when he improperly demolished his house. According to a press release from Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers, Thomas K. Tienda improperly demolished his Pueblo home by not [...]
An employee of the underground train system in the UK has reported that there is a significant amount of asbestos throughout portions of the London Underground. According to International Business Times UK, Allen Jenkins said that asbestos was “all over the place” and worse on some train lines than others. He further said that while [...]
Because the use of asbestos is still not banned in the United States, there is always a risk that the building you are in may still contain some products that contain the deadly fiber in its walls. However, a British company has developed a new device that could be used in American buildings to reduce [...]
More than 25 years after leaving her job as a machinist at a factory in England, a woman has died from mesothelioma that ws likely caused by asbestos exposure. According to the This Is Lincolnshire, 47-year-old Larraine Kirk developed mesothelioma 25 years after she worked as a machinist in a factory between 1980 and 1984. [...]