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Fear of asbestos hazards was heightened last year when the Divinity Ave laboratory began a three-year, $25 million renovation effort. As part of the renovation project, workers are repairing pipes, windows, and the air exhaust system, as well as removing asbestos from the half century-old structure...
...major problem was not exhaust from motor vehicles but a new and growing source of pollution: the acrid, stinging smoke from wood-stove fires. Ever since the mid-1970s, when the Arab oil embargo sent fuel prices skyrocketing, the people of Missoula and many other American communities have been seeking out alternative sources of heat, including wood stoves. In the past decade, wood burning has more than doubled across the country. The Department of Energy estimates that more than 20% of all households now burn wood for some or all of their heat. In Vermont, more heating is done with...
...renovations, which began last April, are aimed at modernizing the facilities of the half-century-old structure. Workers are removing potentially hazardous asbestos insulation and repairing pipes, windows, the air exhaust system and cracked walls...
...another incident yesterday, firefighters responded to a false alarm at Adams. A maintenance worker who refused to be identified speculated that fumes from a kitchen exhaust fan could have triggered a smoke detector...
...same day, Saxon, 39, ran a hose from the exhaust pipe of his motorcycle into the sauna of his $685,000 condo in Venice, Calif. He apparently started the engine, then sat in jeans and socks while the sauna filled with carbon monoxide. When his body was found, so was a tape recording of a message to his estranged wife Susan. It explained that he had killed himself because he could not overcome his mounting business losses...