The island of Tasmania, off the southeastern coast of Australia, has recently been dealing with the large toll asbestos has taken on the community, which was heavily involved in the asbestos industry for many years. Now, the country is making an effort to correct the asbestos problems.
Asbestos Awareness Campaign
One such effort is the formation of […]

An Englishman who fixed roofs for a living died of mesothelioma, which was caused by the asbestos exposure he experienced because of his work.
Occupational Asbestos Exposure
Phillip Frederick Edwards spent his life working for the town of Milford Haven, first fixing corrugated asbestos roofs and then as a foreman, sweeping and cleaning up buildings, according to […]

A Utah jury has awarded a woman who suffers from mesothelioma $5.2 million in damages.
Vickie Warren’s lawyer is calling the award “the largest asbestos verdict ever in Utah or the surrounding states,” according to the Desert News.
Woman Worked in Construction as a Young Girl
Warren has been battling the deadly and rare form of cancer, which […]

An Australian contractor is under investigation for allegedly dumping asbestos illegally at a waste facility.
The contractor took the asbestos from a construction site and attempted to dispose of it at the Morgan Park Waste Facility, reports the Warwick Daily News. The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is investigating the incident.
According to a spokeswoman […]

Residents of a trailer park in East Boise, Idaho, suspect that there is asbestos buried in the park and are upset that the owners of the park haven’t taken any action.
Some people who live in the Blue Valley Park believe that asbestos pipes that were buried under the community lake had been dug up and […]