River Junction Mobile Home Services, LLC, and the man who owns the company, Randall Cornford, were charged with violating a number of asbestos laws and regulations.

The company was caught burning mobile homes on a rural property in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources filed a complaint against the company and its owner after finding traces of asbestos in the burn piles.

Randall did not check the mobile homes for asbestos before burning them and did not notify any authorities about the burning before it took place.

So far Randall and his company have been ordered to pay $65,000 in fines. Do you think this is fair?

In Kentucky there is a former electroplating facility known as Deena Products which manufactured lamp fixtures. The facility, which is near Arlington, is now being cleaned up by the Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management because asbestos-contaminated debris was found on the site.

The site is due to be demolished as soon as the asbestos fibers can be safely cleared.

Kentucky is urging both previous workers of the facility and nearby residents to keep an eye on their health in the coming years as they may develop diseases related to being exposed to the asbestos fibers – most commonly Mesothelioma Cancer.

The Hazardous Waste Management Fund is giving money for the emergency cleanup of the site which is happening now.