By Glenn S. Draper on January 25, 2010
Air-quality testing in the visiting room of an Oregon prison located in Salem found no asbestos contamination. The results cleared the way for resumption of inmate visitations.
On the Wednesday before the Martin Luther King Day holiday, all visitation at the prison was suspended when a prison employee discovered asbestos containing ceiling-insulation that had fallen to the floor of a mechanical room located next to the visiting room. Prison officials were concerned that asbestos fibers could be blown into the visitation area because the prison’s ventilation system, which supplies heat to the visiting room, is located in the mechanical room where the asbestos was found. (more…)
By Adam McRoberts on January 19, 2010
Robert Warren Landon, known as the “Mayor” of Landon Rd, died at home on January 8, 2010 from mesothelioma, a devastating cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. For veterans like Mr. Landon, who served during the Second World War, the occurrence of the disease is all too frequent.
Mr. Landon was born in Aberdeen, Washington and graduated from Bremerton High School in 1942. During the war, Mr. Landon joined the U.S. Merchant Marines, where he worked in the engine rooms of Victory ships, tankers, and C-2 cargo ships in the Pacific arena. The engine rooms were often contaminated with asbestos, which was used to line pipes in the area and insulate much of the equipment housed within the tight confines of the rooms. (more…)
By Adam McRoberts on January 11, 2010
Several landowners in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon are competing to become the site of a new regional Veterans Affairs medical clinic to be built in the area. The clinic will serve local veterans who now must travel as far as Portland or Roseburg to receive specialized medical services. The clinic is expected to be complete in 2014. The planned 100,000 square feet medical facility will host several new treatment centers, including a pulmonary center. (more…)
