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Mesothelioma news: PHA makes strides to rectify asbestos concerns

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com
04/12/2010

Philadelphia, PA -The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has announced immediate steps to reassure residents that the PHA is committed to providing safe and healthy homes. As previously reported by Cooney and Conway, leading asbestos litigation attorneys, the PHA is under criminal investigation for routinely ripping out asbestos-laden insulation and disposing of it illegally in numerous homes across Philadelphia.

The PHA announced they have enacted the following steps to ensure asbestos is handled appropriately:

The PHA workers allegedly ripped out pipes covered in asbestos insulation with their bare hands, tossed it onto the floor of the residents’ homes, and then bagged it with the regular trash. Under federal, state, and local laws, it is required that only licensed, trained contractors remove or handle asbestos from a public building, which then must be disposed of in sealed bags and then transported to a designated landfill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/ is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation into the allegations.

News article by Asbestos Mesothelioma litigation attorneys: Cooney & Conway.
120 N Lasalle Street – Suite 3000 Chicago, IL 60602-2415
Toll Free: (888) 651-1850?http://mesothelioma.cooneyconway.com/

 

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