Local developers in Whitman have plans to take a nearly 200-year-old church and turn it into an apartment complex. But officials have pointed out that there are risks of asbestos exposure in Massachusetts if it’s not removed properly, The Boston Globe reports. Our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers worry that when old…
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection recently penalized a Salem construction company nearly $40,000 because it hired an unlicensed asbestos contractor to work on two sites in 2010, the Boston Globe reports. Our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers have reported many times before about problems contractors have had in properly removing asbestos…
A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency has found that the experimental demolition at an apartment complex in 2007 in Texas may have exposed the public to asbestos. This was the fear many had in Massachusetts during the summer when a tornado blew through Springfield and Western Massachusetts, downing…
An Australian actor who spent time on the big screen and small screen on the island nation died recently at the age of 67 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, The Telegraph reports. Sadly, our Boston mesothelioma lawyers anticipate seeing more and more obituaries of people who die because decades ago…
The city of Mobile, Alabama, is dealing with an old city hall building built with asbestos, a cancer-causing mineral found throughout the United States. A website of Alabama news, The Press-Register, reports that it will cost $240,000 to remove asbestos and other contaminants that have been found inside. This can…
The World Health Organization reported recently that more than 92,000 people died in 83 countries over a 15-year span that ended in 2008. While that is a low number considering the number of people there are worldwide — nearly 7 billion — one must take into consideration how many deaths…
A former boiler room worker died of an “all too familiar” way — mesothelioma, a coroner in England said recently. Mesothelioma in Massachusetts and elsewhere is a fatal illness, and it’s not just a problem in New England. Other countries, England included, also has had many reports of mesothelioma that…
The Connecticut Post is reporting that a legislative panel is working on changes to the state’s disclosure form used in residential real estate transactions that would inform people whether asbestos is or has been inside the house. Boston mesothelioma lawyers believe this is a good step in helping to prevent…
After starting in New York City, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread like wildfire throughout many parts of the United States and the world. Occupy Wall Street protesters say they have taken to the streets and parks of America to highlight problems associated with the separation of classes —…
As our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers blogged about in September, our neighbors to the north in Canada have come under fire in the international community because it makes hundreds of millions of dollars from exporting asbestos to other countries. An article in September reported that investors came up with $25 million…