The owner of a Plattsburgh, NY-based air quality monitoring business has been found guilty of falsifying asbestos monitoring results after a two week trial.

Mark Desnoyers, owner of Adirondack Environmental Associates, admitted to falsifying the results of air quality reports after making deals with asbestos abatement companies. Desnoyers and John Wood, owner of J & W Construction, stated that they used falsified reports to convince building owners that all asbestos had been removed, yet they did little or no abatement.

Both men were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, and Desnoyers was charged with making false statements to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials during an investigation. Woods plead guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and admitted to supervising illegal and dangerous asbestos removal.

Exposure to asbestos can lead to the eventual onset of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer that has no cure.

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