Sentences with phrase «on asbestos in»

Contrary to popular belief there is no ban on asbestos in the United States.

Washington — Negotiations that could lead to stricter federal controls on asbestos in school buildings are scheduled to begin this week, as the Environmental Protection Agency and a union representing school - maintenance employees attempt to settle a lawsuit over the issue.

Not exact matches

The province of Quebec recently approved a $ 58 - million loan to renovate and reopen the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Que., allowing production to carry on for another 20 years.

Kimbrell's niche emerged in the early 1980s with legislation that required schools to identify and control on - site asbestos.

Grace focuses on earnings adjusted for such expenses as bankruptcy and asbestos - related costs — the company has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since 2001 as a result of asbestos - related lawsuits.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Recently the Union has campaigned on the dangers to teachers and pupils caused by excessive temperatures in schools and continues to highlight the deadly legacy of asbestos in school buildings.

Then a Columbia University doctor who specialized in the rare form of cancer that stems from exposure to asbestos, said he understood Silver's message to mean that he wanted to be a «rainmaker» at Weitz & Luxenberg, which was getting rich suing on behalf of mesothelioma victims.

While in Libby, Montana the impact of asbestos contamination on a blue collar town is pondered by High Plains Films.

In 2002, Sheldon Silver began working for the Weitz & Luxenberg firm, which specializes in asbestos litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform for clients of the firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet BhararIn 2002, Sheldon Silver began working for the Weitz & Luxenberg firm, which specializes in asbestos litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform for clients of the firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bhararin asbestos litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform for clients of the firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Silver asked Taub to refer cancer patients through him to Weitz & Luxenberg, where court papers say Silver got a 33 percent cut of the firm's earnings on any asbestos cases he brought in.

Though the Rainbow Diner on Route 209 went up in smoke more than a year ago, the rubble, due to asbestos issues, has yet to be removed.

The partially demolished Eastwood Sports Center on James Street in Syracuse is seen in December 199 after demolition was halted because of asbestos.

Aniello Rega, an Italian immigrant who lived in Valley Cottage, NY, was diagnosed in 2011 with mesothelioma that his family blames on his work as a barber at the Nanuet Mall, where asbestos was removed during a 2012 reconstruction project.

However, after asbestos was found in some buildings, the DOB issued a partial stop work order on the project that only allowed crews to preform asbestos abatement and site cleaning, according to DOB records.

Silver, 70, was indicted on three charges, theft of honest services wire fraud and mail fraud and extortion in the alleged real estate and asbestos cancer schemes.

In addition, Buffalo State will deed Greenleaf two properties on Hawley Street in exchange for asbestos remediation and demolition of two of the properties the college will obtain, Levine saiIn addition, Buffalo State will deed Greenleaf two properties on Hawley Street in exchange for asbestos remediation and demolition of two of the properties the college will obtain, Levine saiin exchange for asbestos remediation and demolition of two of the properties the college will obtain, Levine said.

In a form for the first grant, Silver said that the funding was needed in part «to study mesothelioma as the result of the release of asbestos into the air on September 11, 2001.&raquIn a form for the first grant, Silver said that the funding was needed in part «to study mesothelioma as the result of the release of asbestos into the air on September 11, 2001.&raquin part «to study mesothelioma as the result of the release of asbestos into the air on September 11, 2001.»

The prosecution alleges that Mr. Silver steered state grants to mesothelioma research to Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital in exchange for a doctor there, Dr. Robert Taub, referring patients to a law firm that sues on behalf of such patients, Weitz & Luxenberg, where Mr. Silver was of counsel and received lucrative payments for referring clients with asbestos cases.

He also received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on, scheming with prominent Manhattan doctor — who sources identified as Robert Taub — to push patients to the firm in exchange for research money, court documents say.

Silver received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million as a salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on.

ALBANY — The federal corruption case against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver rests in part on his alleged scheme with a doctor who referred asbestos cases to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm where Silver is of counsel.

In the complaint, Silver is accused of awarding two discretionary grants, better known as «member items,» totaling $ 500,000 to a center that did research on an illness related to asbestos exposure.

Manhattan - based Weitz & Luxenberg paid Silver more than $ 3 million in referral fees from legal settlements and verdicts won on behalf of patients suffering from mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

Silver was indicted in February on charges that he used his leadership position in the Legislature to profit from kickbacks from real estate and asbestos referrals.

He hooked on with Weitz & Luxenberg, a law shop that represents asbestos victims who suffer from diseases like mesothelioma, while having zero background in the field.

And most of the early sampling was focused on asbestos because people got it fixed in their minds that asbestos was the big hazard.

Regardless, the then administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former governor of New Jersey Christie Whitman said on September 13, 2001, «EPA is greatly relieved to have learned that there appears to be no significant levels of asbestos dust in the air in New York City.»

Many of the houses that were destroyed in the Kobe earthquake on 17 January were built before 1965, and a haze of asbestos dust hung over the city for days after the tremor.

«EPA must consider all forms of asbestos in this initial list of chemicals it acts on.»

In 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer responded to the research by classifying tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as cancer - causing agents such as cigarette smoke, X-rays and asbestoIn 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer responded to the research by classifying tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as cancer - causing agents such as cigarette smoke, X-rays and asbestoin the same category as cancer - causing agents such as cigarette smoke, X-rays and asbestos.

Thirty years after the Libby mine was shut down, abnormalities are still found on chest computed tomography (CT) scans and lung function tests in more than half of workers exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos (LAA).»

On the streets of the cancer villages and in the lungs of the meso ¬ thelioma patients, Baris, Pooley and their collaborators found microscopic bits of erionite, which has fibrous qualities like those of asbestos.

Factors such as gender, smoking, asbestos exposure and disease stage did not have an effect on whether patient's disease was positive for PD - L1 expression, but researchers did find that expression of the protein was more common in non-epithelial tumours compared to epithelial tumours.

And yet, the International Agency on Research of Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, classified hormonal contraceptives in 2005 as a group one carcinogen along with asbestos and radium.»

In 2012, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety called for the phased removal of all dangerous forms of asbestos from public buildings, including schools, this to be completed by 2028.

It followed two schools in his constituency, Calder High and Todmorden High, both missing out on funding under phase two if the Priority School Building Programme earlier this year — despite problems with gas leaks, sewer collapses and asbestos.

By the end of the war, asbestos was much in demand having proved itself on the battlefields of Europe and the Far East.

A coalition of Texas public - interest groups, education organizations, and unions this month called on the Reagan Administration to order the Environmental Protection Agency to play a more active role in the removal of asbestos from school buildings.

I have provided information on asbestos to two of the major television networks in New York, The New York Times, magazines, union publications, and newspapers across the country.

A report published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in 2010 on system - built schools highlighted that significant numbers of schools are not managing their asbestos effectively.

Managing the risk of disturbing asbestos concealed behind column casings or asbestos fibres lying on top of ceiling tiles presents both practical issues (you can not practically seal a lay in grid ceiling) and communication issues, where staff perception of high - risk buildings may lead to anxiety or even industrial action,» said a spokesman.

Not fit for purpose A study by the Royal Institute of British Architects shows that damp classrooms and school buildings full of asbestos results in pupils who are struggling to learn effectively and impacting on the health of both students and teachers.

Parents, teachers and support staff should be annually updated on the presence of asbestos in their schools and the measures that are being taken to manage it.

Data should be collected centrally on the extent, type and condition of asbestos in schools and this becomes an integral part of the data collection of the condition of the nation's schools.

Craig Evans, General Manager of UKATA, said: «UKATA has been campaigning on the issue of asbestos in schools and public buildings generally for some time now.

In addition, it is suggested that pins and staples are not used on asbestos because it can result in the «release of dangerous fibres that cause mesothelioma many years after exposure»In addition, it is suggested that pins and staples are not used on asbestos because it can result in the «release of dangerous fibres that cause mesothelioma many years after exposure»in the «release of dangerous fibres that cause mesothelioma many years after exposure».

After publishing its latest report, Jim Sheridan, chairman of an all - party group on Occupational Safety and Health, calls the state of asbestos in schools a «national scandal»

The duty holder will have a key role in briefing tradesmen and contractors who arrive on the school premises to carry out any kind of work and it is vital they are competent to do so and have the knowledge to recognise when tradesmen have the necessary qualifications and are not being sent to do a task unaware of any potential asbestos risk.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency, by failing to place a high priority on the problem of asbestos in schools, is to blame for the low level of public awareness of the hazards of the substance and the consequent failure of many local school officials to act promptly upon identifying problems, an agency management team has concluded.