Apartment Dwellers Displaced due to Asbestos after Fire

“When the inspectors declare the building is safe, we will resume delivery.” That’s what residents of a British Columbia apartment building saw recently when they tried to get their mail. Canada Post has suspended delivery to the apartment tower after a fire because of concern over air quality issues – namely possible asbestos contamination. Repairs…

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Toronto High School Closed Over Asbestos

Students at a Toronto Catholic high school were sent home after tests showed the presence of asbestos. The situation began with maintenance work on the swimming pool and change rooms at the school east of the downtown area. The first round of testing found asbestos on the tile grout in the change rooms. While it…

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Asbestos Wrapped Plumbing

There’s been a fair amount of media coverage devoted to the continuing asbestos problem in Canada and you may be aware of some of the places that asbestos can show up in an older home – like siding, ceiling tiles or vermiculite insulation. But, there can be a whole new set of asbestos issues lurking…

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Firefighters and the Asbestos Risk

The continued presence of asbestos in our schools has the potential to put many people at risk – including firefighters. A Hamilton elementary school was closed for most of the week prior to March Break after a suspicious fire broke out in a classroom. The classroom was unoccupied at the time and students were first…

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Asbestos in Soil

The city of Sarnia, Ontario has seen more than its share of grief when it comes to asbestos. A former foundry and insulation plant exposed workers to shocking levels of asbestos exposure – in some cases hundreds of times over the legal limit. It’s possibly the worst example of workplace asbestos exposure in Canada and those former workers are now paying the price with their health, suffering an inordinate number of cases of cancer and lung problems.

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Asbestos Complicates Fire Clean-Up

A four-alarm blaze in Toronto’s east end last weekend has left the City with a clean-up headache – including asbestos in the debris. As traffic continues to be routed around the site days later, the recent discovery has delayed matters even more.

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