August 15, 2011 – In April, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization held its 7th Annual Asbestos Conference, Asbestos: Impact on Public Health, Environment, and the Economy. The Shein Law was proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the international conference that brought together leading world-renowned experts to discuss occupational and non-occupational exposure issues, detection and […]
August 1, 2011 – Ten years ago W.R. Grace & Co., a Maryland special chemicals and materials company, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to claims of asbestos-related personal injury—such as mesothelioma—and property damage. However, the company announced Tuesday that sales in this year’s second quarter had improved by 20 percent ($862 .4 million) from last […]
July 26, 2011 – Several weeks ago, when U.S. Senator Max Baucus read that asbestos-contaminated wood chips and bark from the defunct Stimson Lumber mill had been widely used as landscaping material, he asked for an investigation. The investigation has revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency knew the potentially contaminated materials were being sold in […]
July 26, 2011 – Electricians are one of the types of workers most at risk of asbestos exposure. Because asbestos was regularly used in construction materials before its use was banned in the United States in 1989., electricians working in a building constructed prior to the 1980’s are often at risk of inhaling asbestos and […]
July 11, 2011 – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors cited the Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York with 14 violations of workplace safety and health standards. An OSHA inspection found that the hospital failed to provide adequate asbestos training for staff and employees in the engineering department who perform demolition and renovation. […]
June 21, 2011 – Federal prosecutors have charged a central New York farmer, a New Jersey demolition company, its owner and two other men with dumping 30,000 tons of asbestos-filled construction debris on farmland near New York’s Mohawk River in 2006. The men allegedly planned to continue dumping the debris in wetlands and the River’s […]
June 20, 2011 – The $14.7 million project to convert the former site of the Ambler Boiler House asbestos factory into energy-efficient office space is now fully funded with a $2.5 million loan from the Metropolitan Caucus’ EnergyWorks program. The EnergyWorks program grants loans, rebates, and tax credits to homeowners and developers to promote energy […]
June 8, 2011 – One of the biggest OSHA fines of the year, $1, 247,400, has been issued to AMD Industries Inc. of Cicero, Ill., in a Severe Violators Enforcement Program case involving workers assigned to remove asbestos. The OSHA violations allegedly occurred from Nov. 29 through Dec. 10, 2010, as the workers were conducting […]
May 23, 2011 – When concerned county employees brought complaints about possible asbestos exposure in several county buildings, including the county courthouse, Northampton County Controller Barron pushed for air quality testing and annual workplace physicals. Barron claims that county officials neglected to respond to the complaints, and as a result, he has asked the Environmental […]
May 18, 2011 – Temsirolimus, a drug commonly used to treat kidney cancer, may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy for mesothelioma, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. The drug is used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma by slowing tumor growth. Researchers in Austria have found that […]
