Posts Tagged ‘asbestos testing laboratory’

US imports of asbestos rose 34% over the last year

Posted: Saturday, January 28th, 2012

As the USGS asbestos report cited, ‘Roofing products were estimated to account for about 60% of U.S. consumption; the chloralkali industry about 35%; and unknown applications, 5%.

Read the full story here: http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org/archives/9292

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State cites University for asbestos violations

Posted: Friday, January 1st, 2010

The University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie might appeal seven

asbestos-removal violations stemming from campus projects in 2009.

http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2009/12/30/state-cites-stout-for-asbestos-violations/

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Mining company to pay $1.8 billion on cleanup

Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Kennecott Copper Mine
Creative Commons License photo credit: Nevada Tumbleweed

PHOENIX – Environmental cleanups at more than 80 sites in 19 states will move forward with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding under settlements with the sale of bankrupt copper miner Asarco LLC, the U.S. Justice Department has announced.

http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/Business/2009/12/13/Mining_company_to_pay_18_billion_on_cleanup/

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