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Asbestos News from the New York Times

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News about asbestos, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Montana: Settlement Approved for Asbestos Victims
Sep-17-2011 — A $43 million settlement has been approved for more than a thousand asbestos victims who said state officials knew that dust from a mine was killing people but failed to intervene. More...
The Story of a Dead Sailor, His Widow and a Bunch of Boneheaded Politicians
Sep-03-2011 — Canada continues to defend its export of asbestos, despite a broad campaign against it over health risks. More...
Asbestos-Related Deaths Expected to Rise in Asia, Study Says
Jun-21-2011 — Asia now accounts for 64 percent of the world’s asbestos use and 13 percent of asbestos-related deaths, but it takes 30 to 50 years after exposure for many related illnesses to develop. More...
Q & A
Mar-27-2011 — Dealing with asbestos in a co-op unit; tax treatment for co-op deposits; co-op foreclosures and late maintenance. More...
Book Review - My Father’s Fortune - By Michael Frayn
Mar-06-2011 — Forty years after his father’s death, the British novelist and playwright Michael Frayn recalls the dignified restraint that embodied their complicated relationship. More...
Jeffrey Asbestos Mine in Canada Seeks State Aid to Restart Production
Feb-04-2011 — Mine Jeffery, in Asbestos, Canada, is hoping to export asbestos to developing countries like India and Pakistan, despite its links to cancer. More...
N.Y.C. Inspector Sentenced for Faking Safety Tests
Dec-22-2010 — Saverio F. Todaro, who falsified tests for lead and asbestos risks, was sentenced to more than five years in prison. More...
Canada: Journal Cites Double Standard
Dec-09-2010 — A medical journal is criticizing Canada for exporting asbestos to poor countries, joining others who have condemned the practice as hypocritical. More...
Madison Square Garden Reopens After Asbestos Scare
Nov-04-2010 — One day after the Knicks’ game against Orlando was postponed, environmental technicians pronounced the arena safe. More...
E.P.A. ‘Most Wanted’ Fugitive Captured in Dominican Republic
Nov-03-2010 — Albania Deleon fled the United States two days before her sentencing in 2009 on charges related to running a fraudulent asbestos training institute. More...
CITY ROOM; On a Midtown Block, the Big Yellow-Toothed Face of Labor, Times Two
Aug-20-2010 — Two inflatable rats from Local 78 of Asbestos, Lead and Hazardous Waste Laborers union are protesting means of asbestos abatement at 60 East 42nd Street near Grand Central Terminal, sight that even jaded New Yorkers may pay attention to; photo More...
New York Increases Monitoring of Asbestos Inspectors
Jul-21-2010 — After a recent case involving hundreds of falsified reports, New York City officials have increased oversight. More...
California May Drop Its Rock, And Geologists Feel the Pain
Jul-14-2010 — California geologists are enraged over bill in state legislature to dethrone serpentine as official state rock; lawmakers and others who want to see serpentine stripped of its title say olive green rock found throughout state is grim symbol of health risks associated with asbestos; asbestos occurs naturally in many minerals, and indeed some serpentine rocks do serve as host for chrysotile, form of asbestos, but geologists say chrysotile is less harmful than other forms of asbestos and would be ... More...
California May Drop Its Official State Rock
Jul-14-2010 — Geologists oppose legislation that would lift the designation of serpentine — which contains asbestos — as the state rock. More...
Debate Continues Over Deutsche Bank Tower Demolition
Jul-06-2010 — A manager for the dismantling of the Manhattan building damaged on Sept. 11, 2001, is battling over tens of millions of dollars with the state agency that hired it. More...