Hewlett-Packard Fined for Asbestos Violation

Oregon state environmental regulators fined Hewlett-Packard Co. $9,600 for improper handling of asbestos by a contractor during a remodeling project last summer. A flooring contractor removing carpeting at the high-tech company’s Corvallis campus disturbed 456 square feet of underlying vinyl tiles that contained asbestos. Workers for the contractor, Contract Flooring and Interiors, Inc. of Portland, may have released the asbestos fiber into the air by breaking up the tiles. Left uncovered, the material was allowed to accumulate. Once the danger …

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Shelled Hazelnuts Recalled; May Be Tainted By Salmonella, FDA Warns

More than 114,000 pounds of shelled hazelnuts processed by Willamette Shelling of Newberg, Oregon have been recalled because the nuts may be contaminated with salmonella, a form of bacteria associated with potentially deadly food poisoning.

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