A Eugene, Oregon developer will have to appear in court in August on charges of unlawful air pollution and supplying false information to the Oregon Department of Air Quality. The charges stem from a demolition of old mills on a property that allegedly caused asbestos to be handled in a way that did not meet asbestos regulations.
Dan Desler, the man charged, appeared in court and was granted an August continuance date.
EPA Superfund money will be used in this summer’s effort to clean up the site.
We recently posted that mortality rates for mesothelioma are expected to peak in the year 2010 and have high hopes that rates will drop rapidly from that point on. How fast they drop, and how long the downward trend continues depends, in part, on the actions of individuals and companies. We can only hope that asbestos contamination, such as what has occurred on the site mentioned above, will also experience rapid decline.
As long as asbestos is in our environment, mesothelioma will continue to be a risk.
Tags: asbestos, EPA, mesothelioma
