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The film also explored the health issues surrounding the manufacture and use of asbestos products. [1] Described by The Guardian newspaper as "a momentous film", the programme also explicitly linked asbestos with cancer, and attacked what it perceived as the government's complacency in limiting the manufacture and use of asbestos in Britain. [2 ...
It was blown into the roof spaces of homes during the 1960s and 1970s, to provide thermal insulation. [2] [3] [4] The companies are also believed to have sold sacks of asbestos fibre direct to home owners to insulate their own homes, and other operators may have also used the hazardous material, trying to copy Jansen's business model. [4]
An examination shows that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, products sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos.
In the 1990s the Sterling North Society bought the house. They removed the asbestos siding and restored the house to its 1917 appearance, making it a museum. A bronze sign in front of the home, marking North's significance in the history of this southern Wisconsin community, was dedicated in October 1984.
Key takeaways. Women in the U.S. were not allowed to finance real estate purchases without a husband or male co-signer until the 1970s. More than 60 percent of all Realtors and property managers ...
The U.S. housing market crisis has been marked by tight inventory and high prices, but two economists pointed to a source of affordable homes that could be unlocked by amending a federal law from ...
Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. The residents are 97% African-American according to the 2000 United States Census . [ 1 ]
Eventually, twenty-four were built in sixteen states. [14] [15] The company was sued for misrepresentation of costs to build the homes, with ALCOA claiming costs to build up to $34,000 and selling prices of $50,000 while Associated Contractors Inc., claiming true costs to build the homes were $63,612 with the highest selling price $32,419. [16]