Hundreds of school kids wait nervously outside Mains Elementary School for classes to begin. This is first time they’ve seen each other in more than month. the girls hug and hold hands. the boys tease and crack jokes.
Posts Tagged ‘asbestos contamination’
Calexico Schools Face Loss Of Learning Challenges Following Earthquake
Monday, May 10th, 2010Marco council members put city manager in the hot seat over EPA's asbestos …
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
MARCO ISLAND Asbestos failed to insulate Marco Island’s city manager from the heat generated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent letter to the City of Marco Island on Monday.
Denver Water responds to asbestos dumping claims
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
DENVER Denver Water has released a response to former employees claims that 20 years ago they buried cement-asbestos (CA) pipe on the Foothills Treatment Plant property, which WaterTech e-News Daily reported on March 18.
EPA and the ban of asbestos use
Monday, February 8th, 2010The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is a federal government agency of the United States charged with protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment: air, water and land. The EPA started operation on 2 December 1970.
In June 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, invoked powers granted it in 1980 for the first time and announced a public health emergency. The cause: asbestos and the diseases it has caused in two towns in northwestern Montana. Libby and Troy In Montana, more than 500 people become ill from asbestos-related diseases, including lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma, a rare type of cancer caused by inhaling fibers. The city has been ravaged by Libby asbestos contamination, despite the interventions of today. In the early days, was documented before mesothelioma or asbestos poisoning considered, people were even more significantly affected.