The state of Connecticut has approved $2.3 million dollars to remove asbestos from its Brownfield sites.  The money is being distributed between six Connecticut municipalities for both commercial and residential sites.  Funds are being given by the Municipal Brownfield Pilot Program established in 2006.  Authorities believe that cleaning these sites will not only protect Connecticut residents but also provide for more housing, commercial, and recreational development.  

Hartford, Madison, Meriden, Naugatuck, Putnam, and Waterbury are the municipalities that will receive state funding.  The majority of asbestos cleanup will be in Madison.  Old buildings like the Brownfield sites require asbestos removal before they can be demolished or renovated.  

If you or someone you know has suffered due to asbestos exposure, contact the Asbestos exposure attorneys of Williams Kherkher at 800-781-3955 to learn more about your rights. 

Debris containing asbestos has been found on the housing at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

An official said that asbestos was found in the siding of the homes where people were living. They do not know how much asbestos is in the debris, but it has been tested and is said to be low hazard because it has not been airborne.

They plan to clean up all the peices in the housing area and contain the origin of the debris and evenutally they will remove all peices of debris. Fort Bliss is already in the process of moving families from that area of housing.

If you or a loved one has been exposed to asbestos and have developed mesothelioma because of it, contact the mesothelioma lawyers of Williams Kherkher by calling 800-78-3955.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health along with the U.S. Fire Administration will conduct a study on current and retired firefighters to determine if their is a risk of firefighters being exposed to asbestos on the job.

The study will include veiwing health records of 18,000 firefighters and will examine if their is a correlation between cancers, such as mesothelioma, and exposure to toxins on the job. Asbestos can be used in many building materials such as drywall, insulation, floor tiles and more. Asbestos, if disturbed or burned, the fibers can be released into the air. If these fibers are inhaled these fibers have been shown to lodge deep within in the lung which may lead to mesothelioma years later.

Firefighters wear protective gear while fighting fires which is usually enough to protect them from asbestos and other toxins, but if the gear is removed, the firefighter can be left unprotected to the toxins.

If you or a loved one has been exposed to asbestos on the job and have developed mesothelioma, contact the Mesothelioma lawyers of Williams Kherkher by calling 800-781-3955.

The United States Senate recently passed S. RES. 427, a resolution which both urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate Americans as to the severe dangers of asbestos exposure and declares the first week of April to be "National Asbestos Awareness Week."

Linda Reinstein, CEO and Co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), congratulated the U.S. Senate in unanimously passing S. RES. 427 and attempting to increase public awareness about asbestos. "For the past six years, ADAO has seen that a week of awareness enables agencies, institutions and organizations to promote regulatory compliance and enforcement. Americans deserve and want to know how to prevent asbestos in their homes or in the workplace."

Scientific studies have suggested that up to 100,000 workers worldwide will die of asbestos-related diseases in the next 10 years, including lung cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma. If you or someone you love has been exposed to asbestos, contact the Mesothelioma lawyers of Williams Kherkher by calling 800-781-3955 today.

Asbestos removal at New York's Potsdam Civic Center has been completed after the death of an employee.

The project cost $50,000 and there is still some work that needs to be done in the basement, which still contains asbestos. A long-time emloyee of the civic center died of mesothelioma and her family filed a wrongful death suit claiming that the mesothelioma was caused by hazardous work conditions. Another employee is suing because she is claiming that she was terminated after she publicly expressed concerns regarding asbestos in the civic center.

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos, contact the Mesothelioma lawyers of Williams Kherkher by calling 800-781-3955.