Asbestos cleanup fears rise with shoddy work worries
In California and nationwide, a rise in unsafe asbestos cleanup prompts concern over unqualified firms and weak enforcement. San Francisco reports and San Mateo cases show careless contractors spreading fibers, risking health and spurring calls for inspections, stronger laws, and clearer disclosures amid 600 to 800 active removal jobs in the state.
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State Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
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Disneyland Hotel
Anaheim
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Steve Castleman
Castleman
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Cal-Osha
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The
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Stronger nicotine gum boosts quitting success in Danish study
A Danish study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds high dose four milligram nicotine gum more than five times as effective as the standard two milligram gum for heavily dependent smokers, with 33 percent remaining off cigarettes after two years versus 6 percent on the weaker gum. The U.S. market awaits FDA review. Nicorette is the current U.S. prescription option.
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Gentofte Hospital
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Harvard Institute For Study of
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Johns Hopkins
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