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Researchers who monitored 8,632 power plant workers in Germany have found that 94% of said workers were exposed to asbestos coming from insulation materials used in turbines for an average of 20 to 21 years. Asbestos is a highly toxic mineral that has long been used in industry because of its strength and heat resistant properties. However, asbestos has been either partially or completely banned from use in several developed nations throughout the world because it causes such fatal illnesses as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective lining of the lungs, heart, chest and abdomen. The EPA and Consumer Product Safety Commission has yet to approve a complete ban, despite being well informed of the high risk of disease.

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Students attending Fruit Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento, California have been relocated to Bear Flag Elementary School because of asbestos fibers found in the attic insulation of the school building. Asbestos is a toxic mineral that was commonly used in the manufacturing of insulation up until 1989, when asbestos was banned in the United States for causing a variety of fatal respiratory illnesses. Lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective lining of the body’s major cavities and organs, are the deadly legacy of asbestos exposure.

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Pearson Middle School and Batcheller and Hinsdale elementary schools, in Winsted, Connecticut, were closed for six days in February because of concerns about the large amounts of snow and ice that had accumulated on their roofs. In response, the Winchester Board of Education approved a $60,000 emergency expenditure to cover the cost of removal. Once the roofs were cleared, the three schools were given permission to reopen from both the town’s building inspector and a private engineer.

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Contractors working on the demolition of Griswold Elementary School in Griswold, Connecticut have found asbestos in the glue holding up the chalkboards, caulk and other previously unchecked areas. This hazardous discovery will add an additional $149,671 in removal costs. The town already paid an additional $95,000 last summer to remove tainted soil from beneath the first portion of the school to be demolished.

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Contractors working on the demolition of Griswold Elementary School in Griswold, Connecticut have found asbestos in the glue holding up the chalkboards, caulk and other previously unchecked areas. This hazardous discovery will add an additional $149,671 in removal costs. The town already paid an additional $95,000 last summer to remove tainted soil from beneath the first portion of the school to be demolished.

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Over two-thirds of the 42 fatalities that occurred in Great Britain’s construction industry between 2009 and 2010 took place within the refurbishment sector. Of those fatalities, 29 people were killed while conducting refurbishment, repair and maintenance jobs, accounting for 69% of industry deaths.

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Over two-thirds of the 42 fatalities that occurred in Great Britain’s construction industry between 2009 and 2010 took place within the refurbishment sector. Of those fatalities, 29 people were killed while conducting refurbishment, repair and maintenance jobs, accounting for 69% of industry deaths.

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Students and staff at St. Louis Park Junior and Senior high schools in St. Louis Park, Minnesota were sent home on the morning of February 14th due to asbestos exposure concerns. The salt and sand tracked in from the snowy streets has been blamed for degrading a tiled areas in the school. Custodians are now worried that both the tiles and the glue holding down the tiles may contain asbestos.

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Students and staff at St. Louis Park Junior and Senior high schools in St. Louis Park, Minnesota were sent home on the morning of February 14th due to asbestos exposure concerns. The salt and sand tracked in from the snowy streets has been blamed for degrading a tiled areas in the school. Custodians are now worried that both the tiles and the glue holding down the tiles may contain asbestos.

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Environmental grants will help fund the clean up of two abandoned properties in Tulsa, Oklahoma that are contaminated with an assortment of hazardous chemicals. Morton Health Center is one of the buildings that needs work. When the hospital opened in 1921, it was the place in the city that would treat and care for African Americans, making it a site of historical significance.

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Environmental grants will help fund the clean up of two abandoned properties in Tulsa, Oklahoma that are contaminated with an assortment of hazardous chemicals. Morton Health Center is one of the buildings that needs work. When the hospital opened in 1921, it was the place in the city that would treat and care for African Americans, making it a site of historical significance.

Read more on Tulsa receives federal stimulus money for asbestos cleanup…

Environmental grants will help fund the clean up of two abandoned properties in Tulsa, Oklahoma that are contaminated with an assortment of hazardous chemicals. Morton Health Center is one of the buildings that needs work. When the hospital opened in 1921, it was the place in the city that would treat and care for African Americans, making it a site of historical significance.

Read more on Tulsa receives federal stimulus money for asbestos cleanup…

The Washington, D.C.-based Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has awarded $700,000 to seven new mesothelioma research projects from around the world. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the protective lining of the body’s major organs and cavities that is caused primarily by prolonged asbestos exposure. The foundation’s grant program aids in the mission of developing better treatments and a mesothelioma cure.

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The Southern Berkshire District Court in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was shut down for two weeks when an asbestos-containing exhaust pipe in the heating system was damaged on January 24th. Not only was the building left without heat, but a potential environmental and health hazard could have arisen.

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The town of Asbestos, Quebec was named after the life’s blood of it’s 7,000 inhabitants. The strong, fire-resistant mineral that was so coveted during the 19th and 20th centuries was mined in Asbestos until the 1980′s when it became common knowledge that asbestos is a serious health hazard. Asbestos causes such fatal illnesses as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective lining of the lungs, heart, chest and abdomen. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Canada is currently spending millions of dollars to remove asbestos from its buildings.

Read more on Quebec’s mining glory to return to Asbestos?…