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:: Friday, January 30, 2004 ::
Asbestos Costs Sink Halliburton's Profit By KRISTEN HAYS, AP
Halliburton inherited the asbestos claims when the conglomerate, while under Cheney's leadership, bought Dresser Industries Inc. for $7.7 billion. Cheney left Halliburton in 2000 to be President Bush's running mate.
Asbestos Adds to Binion's Woes By Rod Smith
Remediation experts said the asbestos problem is typical of older casinos in downtown Las Vegas and on the Strip, especially in properties built before 1980.
Asbestos problems, such as those in the Horseshoe, are a disaster waiting to happen that the city, county and state are just ducking, they said.
'This town has a lot of hotels that are older and noncompliant, and the state is just looking the other way,' Headrick said. 'All it'd take is one worker's claim, but the state doesn't want to do anything about it. And (for operators) fines are less that the cleanups.'
Workers dig up asbestos dump By Stefanie Balogh, The Australian
ABOUT 40 workers constructing a massive gas pipeline in remote Western Australia were undergoing medical tests after stumbling across a hidden asbestos dump, their union said yesterday.
The discovery in the Pilbara has prompted the Australian Workers Union to call on former mining industry workers to become whistleblowers and reveal the location of possible toxic chemical waste sites across Australia.------------------------------------------- posted 7:26 AM :: reference link ::
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