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Federal Court convicts San Diego Utility Employees on Asbestos Criminal Charges

The Federal Court convicted San Diego Gas & Electric Company and two of its employees on July 13 for violating safety standards during an asbestos removal project at a property in Lemon Grove. This decision was taken against the criminal offence committed by the company and its workers after asbestos is publicly declared to be a fatal carcinogen causing mesothelioma cancer. The utility sold the land to a developer and soon afterwards began removing the nine mile pipe in 2000. During this removal, the company is accused of using cheap machines to scrap off coating from the pipe that contained asbestos.

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Asbestos Test of New York Air after Steam Pipe Explodes

The air and street surfaces and the vicinity areas of Manhattan, New York were checked for asbestos after a steam pipe ruptured near Manhattan’s Grand Central Station on Wednesday. For this purpose, technicians of Consolidated Edison were called who checked the area for any traces of asbestos that might have spread with the explosion of steam pipe. The blast blew a 25 foot wide hole through the 41st street just before 6 in the evening, killing one and injuring 30 other people. The victims of steam pipe include 3 firefighters too.

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Demand for Asbestos Ban by Canadian Cancer Society

The society has not set a deadline for the ban yet. They have recommended a just and fair transitional plan for the people who will be affected by eliminating the use of asbestos. A former asbestos mine worker and now a NDP MP, Pat Martin says that he is very happy about it and termed asbestos as “the greatest industrial killer†that has ever been discovered. Mr. Martin praised the cancer society for its efforts and rejected the policy of the federal governments for the fear of offending Quebec as it is the only place in Canada where asbestos is mined and exported to under developed countries of the world.

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Demand to Fire Minnesota Health Commissioner by Legislators

John Marty, DFL – Roseville, it was demanded from the governor Tim Pawlenty that Diane Mandernach, Minnesota Health Commissioner should be fired. This letter was written after a report of deliberate negligence of the health department was made public that stated the failure of the department to release mesothelioma cancer date in Iron Range asbestos cases.

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University Of Minnesota Probing the Causes for Increasing Number of Mesothelioma Cases in Iron Ranges Miners

Tom Rukavin (DFL-Virginia) that the University of Minnesota will take over the research studies and continue the probe for determining the causes behind the increasing number of mesothelioma cases and other asbestos diseases among the Iron Range miners and residents in the state. It was announced at the joint legislative hearing in which the legislators and citizens of Minnesota expressed their anger and frustration at the Minnesota Health Department for hiding the facts from public.