This past summer, school officials in Teaticket were told that workers installing new air conditioning vents discovered what they believed to be asbestos. After inspectors took samples and sent those samples for a microscopic analysis and confirmed there was asbestos, school officials knew they could not open on time this…
Take home asbestos cases are getting a lot of attention across the country. A take home asbestos case deals with the defendant’s duty to warn a so-called non-user of the danger of exposure to deadly asbestos fibers. The first thing to understand is what a user of asbestos and a…
According to a recent news article from Insurance Journal, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) felt it had no choice but to send its own staff into a New York factory to stop the spread of deadly asbestos fibers, as they have become a major threat to local officials. …
As many may have heard, a commuter train recently crashed in New Jersey, resulting in the death of a woman who was standing on the station platform at the time, as well as the injury of more than 100 people. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently investigating the…
According to a recent news feature from the Boston Herald, a landlord who owns multiple rental units in New Bedford, Massachusetts has agreed to pay $100,000 in civil fines. This payment will be made to settle claims filed by the Commonwealth’s Attorney General related to asbestos violations. The allegations were…
According to the The Huffington Post, asbestos in classrooms has become a major problem across the country. Schools are reportedly not handling the problem well. The reporter notes that any older school building likely has asbestos, and some of that asbestos could be harming your children. To get an idea of how bad…
Teaticket Elementary School in Falmouth remains closed as the new academic year begins, due to concerns of student exposure to asbestos. School officials had hired a contractor to work on the facility this summer to address a number of repair and maintenance issues. However, during the course of the construction work,…
There is no denying the space program in the United States is not like it once was. The shuttle program ended years ago, and neither NASA nor the U.S. government currently have any ability to send manned rockets into space. For any manned space flights, NASA must rely on Russia’s space…
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) or, as it more commonly known by locals as the “the T,” is suffering a major setback in an effort to restore and refurbish its green line trolley cars, according to a recent news feature in the Boston Globe. The green line is one…
According to a recent news feature from the Dorchester Reporter, a major construction project at University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) will not likely be ready when school starts next month. The reason for this is because asbestos discoveries have seriously delayed the process. The project involving moving all utility…