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		<title>Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: Prosperity at a Price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is undeniable that Puget Sound Naval Shipyard has brought great prosperity to the Kitsap Peninsula.  Indeed, the Defense Department is one of the largest sources of jobs in the Puget Sound region.  In late 2008, ten thousand workers were employed at PSNS and the number was expected to grow by this year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/02/17/puget-sound-naval-shipyard-prosperity-at-a-price/</link>
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		<title>Asbestos Removal Workers Trained in Making Environment Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For decades, members of local branches of the Asbestos Workers Union labored across the country to install asbestos insulation products at shipyards, power plants and countless other industrial sites.  Now hazardous materials removal workers must go in and take the products back out again.  As is now well known, exposure to asbestos insulation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/02/07/asbestos-removal-workers-trained-in-making-environment-safe/</link>
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		<title>Asbestos Contamination Delays Demolition of Sunset Bowl in Seattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A landmark of Seattle&#8217;s Ballard neighborhood for decades, Sunset Bowl was torn down in January to make way  for a new apartment complex.  Though workers were poised to demolish the once popular bowling alley on January 19, the demolition was delayed for a time while workers tackled removal of asbestos inside the building. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/02/07/asbestos-contamination-delays-demolition-of-sunset-bowl-in-seattle/</link>
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		<title>Oregon Prison Visitation Room Reopens After Asbestos Scare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/01/25/oregon-prison-visitation-room-reopens-after-asbestos-scare/</link>
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		<title>Belfair, Washington Man Dies of Mesothelioma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/01/19/belfair-washington-man-dies-of-mesothelioma/</link>
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		<title>Eugene, Oregon Property Owners Courting New Veterans’ Health Clinic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2010/01/11/eugene-oregon-property-owners-courting-new-veterans%e2%80%99-health-clinic/</link>
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		<title>Yakima&#8217;s Tourist Motel Contaminated with Asbestos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tourist Motel in Yakima, Washington has been partially closed after one of the facility&#8217;s three buildings was found to be contaminated with asbestos.  Asbestos is a known carcinogen, which can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer or asbestosis when inhaled and lodged in the lungs.
On December 14, 2009, the motel was raided by Yakima city [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2009/12/30/yakimas-tourist-motel-contaminated-with-asbestos/</link>
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		<title>Two Thousand Tons of Asbestos Removed from Sweet Home, Oregon Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was recently forced to step in and clean up two thousand tons of asbestos waste from an old mill site in Sweet Home, Oregon.  The $1.1 million price tag for the clean-up was paid with federal Superfund money, which is generated from taxes imposed on the chemical industry.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2009/12/14/two-thousand-tons-of-asbestos-removed-from-sweet-home-oregon-site/</link>
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		<title>Tacoma Recycle Center Takes Care to Protect Workers and Public from Asbestos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recovery1, a recycle center in Tacoma, Washington is devoted to processing every bit of the material generated from typical construction and demolition activities.  Every bit that is non-hazardous, that is, explains Terry Gillis, Recovery1&#8217;s general manager.  During the company&#8217;s sixteen year history, it has recycled an impressive 98 percent of the items accepted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2009/11/30/tacoma-recycle-center-takes-care-to-protect-workers-and-public-from-asbestos/</link>
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		<title>Breakthrough Radiation Treatment for Mesothelioma Developed in Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian scientists have announced a breakthrough in the treatment of mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure.  Around 700 Australians are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year.  Doctors in Victoria at the Austin Health Centre have discovered an innovative radiation therapy that may offer hope of an improved life expectancy for those mesothelioma [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bergmanlegal.com/blog/2009/11/23/breakthrough-radiation-treatment-for-mesothelioma-developed-in-australia/</link>
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