Washington state’s Department of Corrections has fired the supervisor in charge of an inmate work crew that used unsafe practices in cleaning up asbestos. The agency last year closed down the 23-year-old program that sent prisoners to clean up cancer-causing …
Three companies accused of improperly handling asbestos at an old Chicago hotel will halt renovations at the 9-story building until contamination is cleaned up. The Illinois attorney general’s office and the city of Chicago took legal action after officials discovered …
Wilton Recycling has begun working actively to protect the public from asbestos at a demolition site it owns. A written remediation plan for the site is due to be submitted to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on Monday. The …