Balancing fear, hope in foothills
In the grassy foothills of El Dorado County, doctors and public health experts are trying to do the near-impossible.
View ArticleReview stalls Bass Lake park
Two summers ago, the new Bass Lake Regional Park seemed to be well on its way. An environmental review had begun, community meetings had been held, and the Cameron Park Community Services District had...
View ArticleAsbestos project funds sought
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider authorizing an agreement to secure funding for the Naturally Occurring Asbestos Project, in cooperation with the state Department of...
View ArticleEl Dorado to tighten asbestos controls
El Dorado County officials on Wednesday announced an aggressive plan to reduce the threat of the region's asbestos hazard and touted their effort as a national model.
View ArticleDust peril shuts off-road park
The Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday that it will close one of California's most popular off-road recreational vehicle areas during the dry months after tests showed riders kicking up dust...
View ArticleBig asbestos bill advances
WASHINGTON - In a bipartisan 13-5 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a $140 billion legislative settlement that would end asbestos injury suits stemming from the nation's worst...
View ArticleEl Dorado Hills asbestos update
Two community meetings in El Dorado Hills to discuss naturally occurring asbestos issues and dust prevention efforts have been postponed to 7 p.m. June 21 and 28 because of conflicts with other...
View ArticlePutting asbestos mystery to a test
Al Rogel, a Rancho Cordova engineer, is tired of fretting about whether tiny asbestos fibers in the air might be hurting his friends in El Dorado County.
View ArticleAsbestos hotline takes on dust calls
Complaints about dust have resulted in two stop-work orders at construction sites since El Dorado County initiated a telephone hotline June 1, part of stepped-up efforts to monitor and reduce the...
View ArticleStudy cites asbestos impact
People who live near the kind of rocks that can contain asbestos are more likely than other Californians to contract a rare cancer, according to a study being published in the nation's leading...
View ArticleAsbestos raises red flags in state
Not every asbestos fiber resides in El Dorado County.
View ArticleEl Dorado tables rules on asbestos
El Dorado County officials have postponed adopting new rules meant to reduce the effect of naturally occurring asbestos, citing concerns about unintended consequences of the proposed regulations.
View ArticleSchool asbestos cleanup to begin
Work to clean up naturally occurring asbestos at a new high school site in Folsom is scheduled to begin at the end of this month.
View ArticleTracing asbestos victims is tough
Roger Worthington, a Los Angeles attorney, makes his living suing manufacturers and building owners on behalf of people with a rare, asbestos-caused cancer called mesothelioma.
View ArticleUCD study ties cancer to asbestos sites
A new study should help move the debate over living near asbestos veins from whether the situation is potentially dangerous to how people should best respond to the hazard, the study's lead scientist...
View ArticleDust rules on agenda
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Air Quality Management District board, is scheduled to adopt new rules to control construction dust and reduce the impacts of naturally...
View ArticleEl Dorado asbestos rules OK'd
Construction projects in El Dorado County will be subject to more stringent dust-control measures under rules adopted by the county's Air Quality Management District board.
View ArticleFeds may tighten mine asbestos limits
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed Friday to toughen its 27-year-old asbestos exposure limit - a threshold so weak that it impeded the discovery of a health disaster...
View ArticleCompany takes aim at mold, asbestos
Paula Lee says she is right in the thick of naturally occurring asbestos in her Cameron Park neighborhood, but Rancho Cordova is where she gets things done.
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