Asbestos-related diseases like asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma are increasingly becoming the leading cause of workplace death in British Columbia, Canada, Mesothelioma.com reports.
Canadian health official began to publicly recognize the dangers of asbestos in the 1970s, and the substance’s use…
Speedy Excavating, a Surrey, British Columbia-based demolition firm, was charged with allegedly dumping asbestos-laden building materials at a recycling depot in New Westminster instead of taking it to Alberta, Canada, to be disposed of, The Vancouver Sun reports.
Speedy’s Bhupinder Singh…
Catalyst Paper Corporation, during 2008, was ordered to pay a US$75,000 fine by WorkSafeBC (a provincial government agency) in connection with an asbestos-exposure incident in 2006.
The Company was not subject to any significant fines or non- monetary sanctions for non-compliance…