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March Air Cadets, staff and civilian committee members joined up to Race for Life at Cambridge and raised more than £700 for the charity. Despite sweltering conditions everyone completed the course in under 50 minutes.Two cadets were in the first three under 16s to complete the course. Male cadets and staff who had come along to support worked as volunteers at the finishing line handing out the medals, bags and drinks.The 1220 (March) Squadron is actively recruiting. Parade nights at the squadron's headquarters in Gas Road, March, are Tuesday and Fridays (7-9.30pm). If you are aged between 13 and 17 visit the website at www.1220atc.org.uk or call 01354 651788. .
Mapping asbestos the cause of Mesothelioma
Following in the footsteps of other counties, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District released a map for eastern Sacramento County that shows areas more likely to contain naturally occurring asbestos, including parts of Folsom.Looking at geologic rock formations where naturally occurring asbestos is more likely to be found, the map is an updated and expanded version of an August 2005 map by the California Geological Survey. Air district officials say they have been addressing health concerns about NOA for several years, primarily in Folsom."Sacramento County and the air district at times were not aware of any naturally occurring asbestos in our county," said AQMD division manager Dave Grose. "We were well aware that El Dorado County had some."That changed during a routine site inspection of the Lago Vista High School campus in 2004, in which the Department of Toxic Substances Control discovered levels of NOA.
Victims free to sue decades later
VICTIMS of childhood sexual assault, medical negligence and workplace accidents could now sue for damages decades after the event, following a landmark High Court decision that will force former ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark to defend claims he led the 1971 pack-rape of a 16-year-old girl. Carol Stingel was "over the moon" yesterday with the court judgment clearing the way for her to sue the Aboriginal leader despite 35 years passing since the alleged attack. It will be the first time Mr Clark has had to respond to the rape allegations, as no criminal case was ever mounted and he has waged a constant battle to strike Ms Stingel's claim out of the Victorian courts. The decision significantly expands the number of cases that can now proceed even if the legal time limits for taking court action have expired.
Asbestos settlement: after five years, Washington workers to vote ...
Thousands of asbestos victims will vote on an offer of compensation which will see them get 60% of what is due. The former Washington Chemical Company workers have fought a long battle for compensation after exposure to asbestos by the company. But people who were affected by living near the plant will only get 20% of their award if the offer is accepted. The award, if accepted, will utilise a £36m compensation cash pot, frozen for five years, which has finally been made available. Parent company Federal Mogul went into administration in 2001, freezing compensation payments. If the company hadn't gone into administration, sufferers would have got 100% compensation. This week claimants will receive a 500-page document from Federal Mogul administrators laying out terms of the latest offer and former workers, many of whom suffer from mesothelioma, will now vote on the settlement.
Jury awards widow $10 million in asbestos lawsuit
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. A Newport News Circuit Court jury awarded 10-point-4 (m) million dollars to the widow of a former shipyard worker who died of lung cancer after working with materials that contained asbestos. The verdict in Wanda Jones' wrongful death lawsuit came yesterday, the first anniversary of the death of 60-year-old Buddy Jones. She says the award from three companies that made the materials offers "some justice and recognition for what he went through." Her attorney, Robert Hatten, called the verdict a landmark because one-third of the judgment will come from John Crane Incorporated, which has refused to settle other asbestos cases. Ed Mueller, an attorney for John Crane, said the products were safe. He said ... quote ... "I'd take a piece out and put it around my neck and wear it home." The judgment is split with two other companies: Johns Manville Corporation and Garlock Sealing Technologies.
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