Jury awards more than $30 million to family in asbestos death

By JEFFREY GOLD | AP Business Writer
6:23 PM EST, February 27, 2008
HACKENSACK, N.J. – The family of a man who died from an asbestos-related cancer was awarded $30.3 million from a New Jersey jury, their lawyer said Wednesday.
The award is believed to be the largest in New Jersey for mesothelioma, an aggressive lung cancer, said [...]

Massena School Official Pleads In Asbestos Case

MASSENA—The superintendent of building and grounds for the Massena Central School District has admitted that he lied to federal special agents from the Environmental Protection agency about the removal and disposal of asbestos from district buildings and to falsifying an investigation report on asbestos in Jefferson Elementary School.
Ben G. Gladding, 48, of Norfolk pleaded guilty [...]

Moving beyond the status quo: Hexavalent Chromium, a New Standard

Heather Carter Seal
Metals Analyst
QuanTEM Laboratories, LLC
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Is it just me or does it seems like everyday looking around our world, we are finally taking much needed steps to move beyond our status quo? From the move to organic meat and produce, the way we power our homes or our cars, [...]

Mystery Mold Getting Kids Sick At Daytona Beach School

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Children are starting to get sick from a mysterious mold at a Daytona Beach elementary school. Toxicologists came out to Longstreet Elementary, but they still can’t figure out what’s causing the mold. It’s difficult to track down, too. The classrooms were just rebuilt this winter and a mold expert Friday explained [...]

National Infrastructure Decay Underscores Asbestos Crisis

Aging Structures Highlight Asbestos Complications in Renovation, Repair
Syracuse, New York 2/08/2008 07:52 PM GMT (FINDITT)
Recent reports of national infrastructure problems have illustrated a potential crisis in the coming years as antiquated asbestos fixtures will have to be removed to comply with federal guidelines.
Infrastructure may not be high on the list of perceived threats to [...]

Mold Investigator Training Course to be held in Oklahoma City

QuanTEM Laboratories is holding its twice-yearly Mold Investigator Training Course in Oklahoma City, OK, April 2-4, 2008. Click the image below for more details!

Contractor charged with illegal dumping

By Andrew Clevenger
Staff writer

A Charleston contractor whose company tears down buildings is facing criminal prosecution for allegedly turning two of his properties into illegal dump sites.
Rodney D. Loftis Sr. is scheduled to go to trial next month on charges that he violated two cease and desist orders from the state Department of Environmental Protection and created [...]

OSHA Issues Enforcement Procedures Directive for Hex Chrome Standards

As posted in Occupational Health and Safety magazine  
February 5, 2008

OSHA has issued a new compliance directive for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The directive, OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-074, Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards, was effective January 24, 2008.
“This new directive provides guidance for enforcement of the final rule on hexavalent chromium standards,” said [...]

Asbestos exposure will kill 300 workers a year: survey

Illness in B.C. from deadly fibres epidemic, union says

Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun
Published: Tuesday, February 05, 2008
About 300 construction workers in B.C. will die of asbestos-related diseases each year for the next five years, according to a survey by the B.C. and Yukon Building and Construction Trades Council.
The survey, which among other things [...]

Iowa Court Decides for Consumers in Moldy Home Case

By Jane Akre
Monday, February 04, 2008 11:40 PM EST
Beverly and Robert Speight knew they had a problem when they could puncture the waterlogged siding on their $250,000 Iowa home with a fingertip. It is the unspeakable word to builders, insurers and home inspectors. “M” for mold or mildew—no one wants to cover it [...]