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Michael Flores has been through a tangle with asbestos, and he ran into a loophole in state policy that could leave anyone ...
The discovery of asbestos in the basement is unrelated to the vermiculite found on the upper floors of the building.
Consider vermiculite's pros and cons so you can decide if it's the right choice for the plants you want to grow.
Just a year after vermiculite closed the Cayuga County Office Building, officials have now confirmed asbestos contamination ...
According to the June 4 The Citizen: “Tests find vermiculite, which may contain asbestos, in Cayuga County Office Building.” Vermiculite/asbestos was used as an insulation product in the building.
LIBBY – A new study identifies timber harvesting as a possible remedy for a 35,000-acre swath of asbestos-laden forest in Libby, where decades of vermiculite mining has led to widespread ...
Fibers from the asbestos tied to vermiculite mining that began in the 1920s can embed in lung tissue and cause fatal lung disease. No one knows how many people in the region have died from the ...
HELENA — A federal jury on Monday said Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped ...
LIBBY — Jeff Robertson and Tracie Barnes are the kind of men who know how to fix things, handy as a pocket on a shirt. They have spent their lives working: driving trucks, operating machinery ...
"TSA regularly shows that (for some dumb reason) people frequently forget firearms in their carry-on, or even try to sneak ...
Most of the world's supply came from that one town. The town later learned that vermiculite was contaminated with asbestos. Thousands of people would get lung cancer and other diseases.