New Haven Register - The Masons expect to be moved out this week, whereupon they will select an asbestos-abatement company to remove the toxic materials before turning the building over to the city. Though equally bittersweet about the Masons' departure from Center Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Applica Inc. held a shareholders' meeting today to decide on a winner in the bidding war between Nacco Inc. (NYSE: NC ) of Cleveland and Harbinger Capital Partners. And the winner was nobody. Again. As they had a week earlier, Applica's
Signal - The auditorium's ceiling fell to the ground and because it was asbestos-laden, the chairs in the stadium were unusable. At Hart High and Placerita - the two oldest schools in the Hart district - every single light fixture fell to the ground. Because
Denver Channel - The building has tested positive for asbestos, but that's not unusual for a building that old, but firefighters are prepared," said Lacey. Firefighters rescued dozens of people through windows of the burning three-story apartment complex. The search
Vancouver Sun - NEW WESTMINSTER - Dan Hurley and Rick Merk spend a lot of time worrying about their health these days -- and wondering why the man who put them in danger is still on the public payroll as their top boss. Two years ago, Hurley and Merk were ordered to
Consumer Electronics Net - put spyware on their PCs. -- October 3, 2006 - The KMeth Worm (w32.KMeth) sent users to a Web site serving a barrage of Google AdSense advertisements related to mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos
Pensacola News Journal - No one has taken to tearing the walls out to eliminate other issues possible (like asbestos). The whole building would have to be completely gutted. The expense would be ungodly. The basement floods too. That problem cannot be "renovated". Sitting
Des Moines Register - A Roman Catholic church built in Iowa City in the 1870s and damaged in an April tornado is scheduled for demolition this week. Now that the stained glass windows and fixtures are removed and the asbestos is gone, the building can be torn down. The
Hartford Courant - Nobody was allowed in without proper training for mold and asbestos awareness - a liability concern imposed by UConn. "Not only was our collection off-limits after 2002," she said, "it was really deteriorating because a lot of the boxes were getting
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - VANCOUVER - WorkSafe BC has blasted the New Westminster school board and fined it $75,000 for recklessly allowing asbestos to be released among staff and students during a demolition project at its only high school in 2005. In a written decision, the