18 counts of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act, and actual violations of the Clean Air Act and Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The crimes involved a 10-year scheme to illegally remove asbestos. The RICO counts included obstruction of justice, money laundering, mail fraud and bid rigging, all related to the asbestos cleanup. On January 11, 2006, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., two of its employees, and a contractor were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they violated safety standards while removing asbestos from pipes in Lemon Grove, California. The defendants were charged with five counts of conspiracy, violating asbestos work practice standards and making false statements. See also Adams v Cape Industries plc Donoghue v Stevenson Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board Asbestos Asbestos abatement Asbestos Convention, 1986 Asbestos Mountains Asbestos strike Asbestosis Basel Convention Celotex Corp. v. Catrett Conflict of laws English tort law Environmental movement in South Africa Fibro Fireproofing James Hardie List of minerals Mesothelioma Mold and the law Occupational illness Pizarreño asbestos disaster Phase I Environmental Site Assessment UK company law Vermiculite Wittenoom, former asbestos mining town References Further reading Brodeur, Paul,Outrageous Misconduct.New York, Pantheon, 1985. Bowker, Michael, Fatal Deception: The Terrifying True Story of How Asbestos is Killing America Touchstone, 2003 Schneider, Andrew, An Air That Kills : How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal, 2004 Castleman, Barry, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, Fifth Edition, Aspen Press, 2005 Tweedale, Geoffrey, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard, Oxford University Press, USA (May 24, 2001) Maines, Rachel. Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk.'' New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013. External links World Health Organization report Asbestos - National Cancer Institute, USA British Government Health and Safety Executive "Low-Dose Exposure to Asbestos and Lung Cancer", American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 11 : 1016-1022 EU Research: Determining the damage caused by asbestos https://mg.co.za/article/1997-10-17-sowetos-dust-danger-ignored https://web.archive.org/web/20171025093417/http://www.nioh.ac.za/assets/files/Asbestos%20Regulations%202002.pdf http://www.labour.gov.za/DOL/downloads/documents/useful-documents/occupational-health-and-safety/Useful%20Document%20-%20OHS%20-%20Asbestos%20guidelines.doc Asbestos Environmental law Product liability Occupational safety and health Oncology Kimberley, Northern Cape Mountain ranges of the Northern Cape