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The night before Thanksgiving, 30,000 people near the Texas Petroleum Chemicals Group plant (TPC) in Port Neches, Texas were evacuated due to explosions which led to asbestos warnings. The two explosions sent debris flying “like a missile” over four miles according to Judge Jeff Branick, head of Jefferson County’s Office of Emergency Management. In addition …
New Orleans workers at the W.R. Grace vermiculite exfoliation plant were exposed to asbestos from 1965 to 1989. The facility is located in Jefferson Parish on River Road. During this time, the plant received 148,000 tons of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from the Libby, Montana mine, also owned by W.R. Grace. Libby, Montana The vermiculite mine in …
It is a proven fact that asbestos exposure can develop into deadly mesothelioma. But how does this happen to healthy cells? Microscopic asbestos fibers are inhaled into the lungs, yet the deadly mesothelioma disease can appear in physically remote mesothelial cells¹. Latest experiments Arti Shukla, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the …
Oklahoma City has a treasure in the middle of downtown. It’s a 33-story skyscraper built in 1931 and is a prime example of art deco elegance. Originally known as the First National Bank Building, it is now First National Center. This first building was joined with two others in 1957 and 1977. The First National …
In 2015, Kilgore College put into place a plan to address asbestos in the older buildings in response to questions concerning the school’s attention to potential asbestos hazards. At that time, the college received a clean report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, the state health department, and other …
