College to pay $2.9M after staff member blows whistle on asbestos problems

Employees at Sonoma State University involved in a asbesto trial will get a share of $2.9 million after a California jury returned a verdict in their favor during a high-profile whistleblower case. The Press Democrat reports that 231 staff and faculty members who worked at Stevenson Hall at the school were involved in an asbestos lawsuit that started when one of […]

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Asbestos still taking lives of 9/11 firefighters; death toll rises to 32 more people over the past year

On September 11, 2001, 343 members of Fire Department of New York (FDNY) were killed when the twin towers in New York City crumbled down in the most traumatic terrorist attacks experienced in the United States. Yet, over 15 years later, firefighters and others continue to die due to toxic substance exposure during 9/11. As the […]

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