EMSL ANALYTICAL, INC. 107 Haddon Avenue, Westmont, NJ 08108 1-800-220-3675
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| Despite asbestos fear, work goes on | 07/21/01 | |||
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Bill Cotterell
DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER
Three state construction workers who complained to Tallahassee legislators
about being exposed to asbestos resumed knocking out walls in the Collins
Building on Friday, but they weren't breathing easier |
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| Equitas sets more aside for asbestos | 7/21/01 | |||
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Paul Armstrong, Evening Standard
SOARING asbestos-related law suits in the US have forced Equitas to set aside another £1.7bn for claims, cutting the solvency of the Lloyd's reinsurance vehicle for the first time in its five-year history. |
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| Lesser-known form of asbestos lurks in many homes | 7/14/01 | |||
| Jay
Romano, New York Times
Most homeowners are aware of the risks associated with asbestos insulation found on steam and hot water pipes and on heating plants in basements and boiler rooms. |
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| Asbestos discovery costs Beach schools money, citations | 7/14/01 | |||
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BILL SIZEMORE AND BILL BURKE, The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH -- A surprising discovery of asbestos in ceiling tiles has turned a seemingly simple renovation job into a six-figure fiasco for the city school system. |
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| Easton schools agree to be asbestos-free in September | 7/14/01 | |||
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KURT BRESSWEIN The Express-Times EASTON - The wrestling room of Easton Area High School, main lobby in Tracy Elementary School and boiler room at the Easton Area School District Field House must be asbestos-free by the end of September, according to a settlement between the district and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
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| Supreme Court seeks judges' help in asbestos case | 7/14/01 | |||
| CHARLESTON
(AP) -- The state Supreme Court ended its spring term Friday with an
effort to untangle the massive, complex batch of asbestos-related filings.
Lawyers representing people allegedly harmed by the cancer-causing material objected to a master plan that retired Kanawha County Circuit Judge Andrew MacQueen devised to handle approximately 8,000 claims. Lawyers for asbestos manufacturers and distributors wanted MacQueen, who now has senior status, to avoid a single, sprawling trial featuring dozens of defendants and thousands of claims
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| Asbestos removal underway in LMS gym | 7/13/01 | |||
| DEAN
SHIPLEY Press Staff Writer Published July 13, 2001 1:41 PM CDT LONDON -- Asbestos removal from buildings in the London City schools has begun. The elaborate scaffolding, which took five days to erect, completely occupies the gym of the middle school. As soon as all supplies have been brought in by Total Environmental of Toledo, |
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| Shelter Concerned With Asbestos Fallout | 6/22/01 | |||
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| Asbestos suits force USG to consider bankruptcy | 6/05/01 | |||
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| MetLife Might Pass on Albers Mural | 5/6/01 | |||
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The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant mural by Josef Albers that has hung in the lobby of Manhattan's MetLife Building for years has been stored away for months as the lobby is being renovated, and the building's owners say they have no plans to rehang it. |
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| Contractor Admits Using Illegal Immigrants for Asbestos Removal | 12/13/00 | |||
| BRUSSELWASHINGTON, DC, December 13, 2000 (ENS) - A contract labor firm and several of its key employees have pleaded guilty to hiring unauthorized aliens to remove cancer causing asbestos from buildings and other structures. | ||||
| Canada Appeals WTO Trade Restriction on Asbestos | 9/10/00 | |||
| MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, September 19, 2000 (ENS) - The World Trade Organization's decision to uphold a French ban on chrysotile asbestos has infuriated the Canadian government, anxious to protect a C$200 million a year business. | ||||
| $100 MILLION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES | 9/21/99 | |||
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 21,-/E-Wire/-- Forest City Enterprises, and its affiliates, the owners and renovators of the Colony Woods Apartments in Bellevue, Wash., and The Knolls Apartments in Orange, Calif., are being sued by 65 former employees for $100 million. The employees allege that during renovation of these projects, Forest City illegally forced them to remove hazardous materials without any safety equipment, did not disclose the presence of asbestos, deadly molds and lead paint to the workers and illegally disposed of these hazardous materials into community landfills.
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| Supreme Court Overturns Asbestos Class Action Settlement | 6/24/99 | |||
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Barbara S. Hamelburg and Kara Moheban McLoy
WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 1999 (ENS) - The United States Supreme Court Wednesday overturned a court approved $1.535 billion dollar asbestos settlement agreement. The case, Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corporation, involves a settlement of an estimated 186,000 potential future asbestos claims against a single company, the Fibreboard Corporation.
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| EU Votes to Ban White Asbestos | 5/06/99 | |||
| BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 6, 1999 (ENS) - The European Union is to ban the only type of asbestos which is still allowed in the Union, following a vote by member state officials Tuesday. Thirteen out of 15 countries voted to ban white asbestos - or chrysotile - satisfying the need for a qualified majority. | ||||
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