Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

An Illinois power company recently obtained permission from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to try to remove chunks of asbestos and asbestos particles from sand dredged from a canal that draws water from Lake Michigan. This is the latest in a series of concerns about asbestos that wash up onto Illinois shores, including Illinois Beach State Park, dubbed Asbestos Beach by environmental watchdog groups.

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