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‘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 …
Overall New Mexico Asbestos History New Mexico has a long history of asbestos usage affecting workers in a wide range of industries. Power plants, pipelines, mines, construction – all these industries, and more, exposed employees to the dangers of asbestos. The most deadly disease contracted was mesothelioma, followed by lung cancer and asbestosis. Power Plant …
For many decades, it has been known that asbestos can cause cancer. A limited ban was placed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on asbestos products and their use in the 1970s. These limitations left room for asbestos to continue to pose a health risk with current products that can affect health for the next …
The Four Corners Power Plant is located on the Navajo Indian Reservation near the borders of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah in the town of Fruitland, New Mexico. Units 1, 2, and 3 coal boilers were constructed beginning in 1963 with other units beginning operation in 1969. In the 1960s, asbestos was an integral …
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 …
