The remediation of the BoRit Superfund site has been a controversial and divisive issue. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed solution to cap off toxic ponds is not popular among city officials and residents. A community action committee, Citizens for a Better Ambler, has gathered 5,120 signatures on a petition to remove the asbestos contamination [...]
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In the spirit of preserving its cultural and architectural history, the Town of Argyle, Texas has decided to rescue the historic Argyle United Methodist Church and renovate it to become the new Town Hall. Historical records show that the land was deeded to the Prairie Mound Methodist Episcopal Church in 1882. Prairie Mound was succeeded [...]
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WWE wrestlers the Bella Twins, The Big Show and R-Truth joined Jeff Gordon and the cast of ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover to help out policeman Derrick Suggs and his wife Amanda, a young couple who adopted all of Amanda’s siblings to save them from foster care. They and the five children live in a house [...]
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The Saint Louis Church in Fall River, Massachusetts was built in 1885 and might have found new use as Luzo Cultural Museum, but the deteriorated condition of the structure and the presence of asbestos made saving the historic building impossible. The project has been in the works for eight years, and until recently, included retrofitting [...]
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Northern Lights Center LLC, the owner of an Anchorage, Alaska, warehouse that used to house a Matanuska Maid creamery, was recently fined $70,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos while they were renovating the structure after the creamery shut down. Alaska Occupation Safety and Health accused the company of knowing that the building contained [...]
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Military personnel in the 82nd Airborne Division were unnerved recently by the development of sore throats and coughs following their exposure to various work-sites throughout the Haiti relief effort. Many feared that the coughs could be signs of asbestos contamination like that experienced in the relief efforts following the 9/11 attacks. The affects of urban [...]
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With the help of a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Limitless Vistas is all set to begin a 15-week training course for students in green initiatives. The program, which includes training for hazardous wastes, asbestos and mold abatement, will teach students to help create the green environment of the future by addressing [...]
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Two unrelated incidents caused the evacuation of more than 1,000 students from New York schools in the Bronx and Manhattan. Carbon monoxide was detected by rescue workers called out to the Hunts Point School to treat a minor accident. PS 115 in Manhattan was also evacuated on Wednesday due to suspected asbestos contamination in the [...]
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Two unrelated incidents caused the evacuation of more than 1,000 students from New York schools in the Bronx and Manhattan. Carbon monoxide was detected by rescue workers called out to the Hunts Point School to treat a minor accident. PS 115 in Manhattan was also evacuated on Wednesday due to suspected asbestos contamination in the [...]
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The City of Detroit Michigan’s 2010 demolition plan is back on track after a temporary delay to work out some guidelines with state officials. The work was halted in early April after the debris of a demolished house on Lewernze St. raised community concerns about asbestos contamination. See related story. The meeting between city officials [...]
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