Porter County firm's suit alleges Lake of bad deal (Post-Tribune)

A Porter County engineering firm is suing the Lake County Board of Commissioners for more than $1 million, alleging a broken contract. A suit filed for John Blosky, co-owner of Amereco Engineering Inc. in Valparaiso, states that the firm did $68,425 in design work it was never paid for and lost $1 million in future work when the commissioners canceled a contract in 2006. The suit was filed Dec ...

Meet Quebec's 'Mr. Asbestos' (Toronto Star)

Bernard Coulombe has big plans for a mineral shunned here but valued in the developing world.

Board OKs expansion of Calif. toxic waste facility (AP via Yahoo! News)

A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town.

Mill asbestos work ongoing (The Republican)

HOLYOKE - Federal officials say they will work to keep residents informed as asbestos removal continues at the Sargeant Street site of a paper-mill fire.

Canada's booming asbestos market (Toronto Star)

The cancer-causing mineral is prized in India, even as it is reviled here. Jennifer Wells investigates the obligation for a product we shun â€" but still mine.

Top floor of Cleveland State University's Rhodes Tower closed for two years because of asbestos cleanup (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

The history and belief departments at Cleveland State University won't return to the 19th floor of Rhodes Tower because an asbestos abatement and remodeling project is expected to take years to complete. A roofing project this summer dislodged ceiling tiles on the 19th floor, exposing the asbestos.

Asbestos found in Castel Hospital (BBC News)

Tests have proven there is asbestos in the roof of part of Guernsey's Castel Hospital.

Asbestos was minimal (This is Hampshire)

EXPOSURE to asbestos was not a major contributory factor leading to the death of a former worker at Eastleigh Railway Works, an inquest heard.

Eternit asbestos trial opens in Italy (Malaysian Mirror)

TURIN, Italy -Two top former shareholders in the Swiss building materials firm Eternit went on trial Thursday for alleged negligence leading to more than 2,000 deaths in Italy from asbestos-related diseases.

AG, city agree on asbestos remedy (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

WORCESTER - Attorney General Martha M. Coakley's office has reached an agreement with the city about allegations that public school officials improperly removed and disposed of vinyl asbestos tiles from the Vernon Hill School auditorium in 2007.

Advocate’s work for asbestos victims spans 35 years (Daily Inter Lake)

LIBBY â€" It was six funerals in six weeks that prompted Gayla Benefield to lay down her torch a couple of years ago.

Asbestos is cause of Southcote man’s death (Reading Evening Post)

A Southcote man died at home after exposure to asbestos while at work, an inquest heard.