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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has about 100,000 cubic yards of toxic waste that it wants to relocate, and until recently, it has been eyeing a toxic landfill in Stratford, Connecticut. Stratford residents, however, have a different plan. Angry local residents who live near the toxic landfill have formed Save Stratford, a group

A retired high school teacher in Bridger, Montana who required his special-education students to remove asbestos floor tiles from a school building—without warning and without proper protective equipment—has been sentenced in federal court. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull handed down a one-year probationary sentence and denied the former teacher’s request for an unsupervised

Students at Middle Park High School in Granby, Colorado were braced for a return to the books on September 2 this year, but thanks to an unexpectedly large asbestos abatement program at the school over the summer, the kids have a reprieve until September 8. Before starting the school’s remodeling, the school’s general contractor,

Sears, Roebuck and Co. has entered into a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office concerning the company’s improper removal of an asbestos boiler from the home of a Pembroke family. Sears was charged with violating the Massachusetts Clean Air Act and the Consumer Protection Act. The family had hired Sears to remove

Officials say not to worry about plastic sheeting and bilingual caution signs posted at the Palm Springs courthouse. The precautions – including the signs reading “Danger, asbestos, cancer and lung disease hazard” – are there to protect people during the ongoing remodel of courtrooms, judges’ chambers and jury deliberation rooms at the courthouse.