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Construction is underway at the future home of our law office at 4310 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas. The building, originally constructed in 1954, was in need of extensive remodeling. Asbestos abatement in the building is now complete. Asbestos ceiling tiles, floor tiles and window glazing were abated and removed per strict abatement protocol standards. …
‘Even if the Canadian government were to ban all asbestos use tomorrow, this country will be dealing with the legacy of its love affair with the deadly mineral for decades, perhaps centuries, to come.” This shocking statement is from an article by Michelle Lalonde in the Montreal Gazette. The incubation time for asbestos disease to …
Recently Hillary Clinton announced a plan to remediate lead pipes from our nation’s infrastructure. A necessary plan to be sure, however there is another dangerous pipe throughout the United States – asbestos cement (AC) pipe, also called Transite. This pipe was primarily manufactured and sold from the 1950s through the early 1990s, though it was …
Asbestos has been a killer for decades. The first wave of victims was miners and plant workers. Wave number two killed many shipbuilders, boiler workers, and insulators. Now the third wave has hit. These victims were not those who worked with asbestos-laden products as they were being produced and installed. These are workers encountering old …
In the past, actuarial tables in British Columbia (B.C.) predicted asbestos-related deaths would peak between 2015 and 2020. However, due to new statistical information, WorkSafeBC recently recognized the rise in fatalities will continue much longer than anticipated. While accidents due to traumatic injuries have decreased 68 percent since 1990, workplace deaths due to disease – …
