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November 21, 2008
Two South Korean families sue Japanese firm for mesothelioma deaths
The families of two South Korean residents who lived near a Japanese asbestos manufacturing company have sued for damages arising out of the residents’ deaths from mesothelioma. The suit is the first filed in South Korea by residents living near an asbestos factory. Local environmental organizations have also banded together with former residents
November 21, 2008
Union leader James Middleton, who revealed mesothelioma risk at Johns-Manville plant, dead at 72
James Middleton has died at 72 after a long lung illness. The former union leader was instrumental in revealing the danger of asbestos and chemical exposures at the Waukegan, Illinois Johns-Manville plant. He was the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Waukegan Local 60’s business manager from 1968 to 1993.
Middleton exposed plant medical
November 20, 2008
Canadian Cancer Society launches online handbook outlining environmental cancer risks
The Canadian Cancer Society’s new online handbook called The Environment, Cancer and You that outlines environmental substances that are known to or suspected of causing cancer. The handbook also offers advice on how to limit these environmental exposures.
The handbook includes advice on a wide variety of substances or phenomena including asbestos, phthalates in plastics,
November 19, 2008
Feds will clean up asbestos contamination at San Antonio’s old Big Tex site
Asbestos-contaminated soil at the old Big Tex site south of downtown San Antonio will finally be cleaned up by the EPA. Between 1961 and 1989, the former grain company site was a vermiculite processing plant where more than 100,000 tons of W.R. Grace’s asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore from the Libby, Montana mine was processed.
Federal crews
November 17, 2008
The UK’s Health and Safety Executive reveals that mesothelioma deaths are rising in the construction trades
In the United Kingdom, asbestos kills more people each year that automobile accidents. It is the largest cause of occupational deaths. And the number of asbestos-related deaths among members of the construction trades is continuing to rise although many workers in the trades are unaware that asbestos is a risk to them.
November 14, 2008
Georgia EPD official warns that many asbestos workers use fake credentials
Don McCarty, an official with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, told a Newnan group recently that many people working in asbestos removal use false documents. While Georgia regulations require anyone working in asbestos removal to complete specific safety training, apparently many people carry certificates that they have not earned.
McCarty said that a
