Brownfield grants totaling US$400,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were awarded to Carson City, Nev., to assess contaminants including asbestos in the city’s redevelopment districts, the Mesothelioma Resource Center reports.
According to the Nevada Appeal newspaper, the funding from the…
The U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, issued rulings in a case involving asbestos styled Ronald K. Mathison, Plaintiff v. Stephanie Humphrey, et al., Defendants.
U.S. Magistrates Judge Robert A. McQuaid, Jr. entered judgment in Case No. 3:09-CV-00277-ECR(RAM) on May 25,…
Recology, a San Francisco-based waste disposal company, is seeking a contract to dispose of 20 tons of garbage, including asbestos, in Winnemucca, Nev., for the next 95 years, Mesothelioma reports.
Winnemucca, 320 miles northeast of San Francisco, is scarcely more than…
Ernie Savannah sued his former employer, Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, for US$10 million for exposing him and his three-year-old son, Nico, to asbestos at the resort, Fox 5 News reports.
Mr. Savannah said Harrah’s knew about the danger…
About 50 schools in Nevada’s Washoe County School District are undergoing various upgrades, including the removal of toxic asbestos, roof repairs, and other updates, the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
District spokesman Steve Mulvenon, said, “When the board sat down…
Katy Industries, Inc. says that Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) has tendered about 2,700 asbestos cases to the Company for defense and indemnification.
These cases are pending in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Kentucky,…
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that new jobs will be created over the next three years to perform asbestos and environmental cleanup at a Nevada test site, Mesothelioma.com reports.
The cleanup is part ofUS $6 billion in funding under the…
The Majestic Star Casino, LLC has spent US$300,000 on asbestos abatement in the 302 Carson Street Office Building in Pittsburgh in 2008.
As of Sept. 30, 2008, the Company spent US$300,000 on asbestos abatement in the 302 Carson Street Office Building.…