One of the key players in a Central New York asbestos removal scam has pleaded guilty in federal court and agreed to cooperate in the case against an asbestos removal firm and five other workers. Frank Onoff, who supervised asbestos removal for Paragon Environmental Construction, was part of a decade-long scheme involving Paragon and another Central New York company and several workers. The asbestos was often left behind, intact or scattered about. Then lab reports were doctored to show that it had been properly removed, according to the U.S. attorney’s Office.
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A city councilman in Libby said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings. The city-owned buildings included an export plant for asbestos-laden vermiculite that was shipped from the site across the country by W.R. Grace, the now-bankrupt chemical and mining company. After the buildings came under city ownership about a decade ago, they were torn down by Grace at the direction of the EPA.
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A woman who developed mesothelioma from washing her husband’s asbestos-contaminated work clothes is suing the State Government and James Hardie for $406,500 in compensation. Joan, 83, from Seven Hills, whose surname has been withheld at her request, was exposed to asbestos dust and fibres from 1961 until 1984, according to civil claim documents filed in the Supreme Court. Her husband Roy worked as a fitter and welder at the Bulimba power station and would return home with his blue overalls coloured white with asbestos dust.
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An aggressive cancer linked to asbestos exposure is killing more Canadians than ever before. The most recent federal figures available show the number of new cases of mesothelioma shot up 67 per cent over a decade and a half. Most people who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma have less than two years to live.
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Tradesmen across Scotland have been targeted by a new national campaign warning them to beware of hidden killer – asbestos. The Health and Safety Executive said every week across Britain about 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related diseases and the numbers are rising. The HSE said plumbers, joiners and electricians were most at risk. Mesothelioma, caused by breathing in asbestos fibres, claimed 2,617 Scottish men’s lives between 1981 and 2005.
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