Koppers Follansbee Plant – The tiny city of Follansbee, West Virginia, population about 3,000, is a humble place. With a median household income of only $30,000 per year, according to the 2010 census, it’s a place where people have historically worked hard for the little bit of money that they make.
Asbestos
The Dangers of Friable Asbestos
There are a lot of misconceptions about asbestos, especially issues about when the material is dangerous and when it’s not. Generally, asbestos that is intact – not old or damaged in any way – is safe to be around. However, when the material becomes “friable” and is in poor condition, that’s when the concerns should begin.
Mount Storm Power Station
Situated on an artificial lake of the same name, the Mount Storm Power Station is one of many coal-fired power stations in the state of West Virginia. This one is located near the town of Bismarck, just along West Virginia Route 93, a largely rural, mountainous area consisting of many residents who have worked for … Read more
Asbestos Lining In Surprising Places
The beer industry is huge in the United States and has been for well over a century. These days, craft breweries are “in” and lovers of the foamy stuff can often choose from dozens of types of beer in a single restaurant.
Shippingport Atomic Power Station
When the world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses appeared in December 1957 on a plot of land just 25 miles from downtown Pittsburgh, there was a lot of trepidation.
The word “nuclear” naturally instilled fear in the hearts of most American citizens, particularly those who had lived through World War II, and the thought of something nuclear in one’s own backyard had families running for the hills…and for what they considered to be safer places to raise their families.
Bruce Mansfield Coal-fired Power Station
Located near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, the Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power station, now owned by FirstEnergy, has long been not only an eyesore – marring the bucolic landscape of that area, but has also been the cause of a variety of health problems, the site of many accidents, and an overall concern to those who have worked there or lived near the plant.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Toxic Exposure
With 156 manufacturing facilities worldwide, Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Company has grown in leaps and bounds since it was founded in 1883 by Captain John Ford and millionaire industrialist John Pitcairn, Jr. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the corporation’s net sales for 2014 was a whopping $15.4 billion and PPG ranks at 190 on the Fortune 500 list.
Ormet Aluminum Plant a Toxic Disaster Area
Though aluminum maker Ormet Corporation closed the doors of its Hannibal, Ohio plant in 2013, the company left a lasting mark on the small town. Once the fourth-largest aluminum producer in the U.S., taking its proud place behind giants like Alcoa, Ormet owned “dozens of football field-sized buildings”, according to the Wall Street Journal, but closed after disputes between power providers and state regulators. At closing about 1,000 employees worked there. In years past, the number was much higher.
Mobay Chemical Asbestos Contamination
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Pittsburgh Asbestos Exposure
If you made a journey to Pittsburgh any time during the first three-quarters of the 20th century, you would have been greeted with a skyline of smoke stacks and other industrial towers, all indicative of the vast number of steel plants that operated within the city and in the towns that bordered it. All of those mills employed hundreds of area workers, each fiercely loyal to the mill they called their home-away-from-home.
One of the oldest and busiest mills in the city – the one industry professionals say provided the most competition for giant Carnegie Steel Corporation – was Jones and Laughlin Steel, better known as simply “J & L”.