|
|
Article: WHISTLEBLOWER; Asbestos costs family now and maybe later; A botched job and an emergency cleanup have cost thousands and caused worries about future health problems.(NEWS)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: JAMES ELI SHIFFER; STAFF WRITER
Fearing for her family's health, Sherene O'Hern hastily left her apartment on May 16 with her fiance and their 2-year-old son. When she returned a few days later, she was wearing a full body protective suit, goggles and a respirator.
A botched furnace replacement project commissioned by the landlords had released flakes of asbestos from old pipe insulation, contaminating the basement and potentially O'Hern's ground floor unit with the cancer-causing fibers. As a result, the duplex at 4917-19 Vincent Av. S. in Minneapolis became the site of an emergency asbestos cleanup and an investigation by the Minnesota ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Obituary Major Dick Hern
The Scotsman;
May 23, 2002 ;
700+ words
...Major William Richard (Dick) Hern, racehorse trainer Born: 20 January ... front rank, kept on well" - that was Dick Hern's training career. After a flying start ... best horse ever to have raced in Britain. Hern began his own riding career, mostly restricted ...
|
|