The New York Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stopped the demolition of cleaning the school after asbestos was found in Bloomingburg one of the piles of debris left. Asbestos is a mineral fiber that was highly toxic materials used in many construction over the ages 19 and 20. Can still be found in many school buildings built before 1989 when asbestos was banned cause deadly diseases like lung cancer asbestosis and mesothelioma, a rare cancer.
Removal of asbestos must be prior to demolition or renovation, as disturbance of asbestos materials can release asbestos fibers cause cancer. Before school was demolished Bloomingburg, Ohio EPA received a notice from Miami Trace and more entrepreneurs than about 84 square feet of asbestos were smaller. But pipe material when the EPA inspector reported on the demolition site to investigate complaints concerning trash blowing around, asbestos was found.
This discovery means that workers in the demolition and residents of the area around the former school have probably been exposed to asbestos from the demolition took place April 18. One of the diseases associated with exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma. This cancer has an average of 40 years to develop but is usually diagnosed only when she reached the final stages and become symptomatic. asbestos cancer, also called, in most cases, the terminal and incurable.
"When we discuss in the school district, environmental consultants and local contractors, we are developing a plan on how they are doing to curb asbestos in the pile of debris, and proper cleaning," said Erin Strouse, Ohio EPA spokesman.
"Cleanliness is stopped just before getting a handle on the situation. We take precautions."
Removal of asbestos must be prior to demolition or renovation, as disturbance of asbestos materials can release asbestos fibers cause cancer. Before school was demolished Bloomingburg, Ohio EPA received a notice from Miami Trace and more entrepreneurs than about 84 square feet of asbestos were smaller. But pipe material when the EPA inspector reported on the demolition site to investigate complaints concerning trash blowing around, asbestos was found.
This discovery means that workers in the demolition and residents of the area around the former school have probably been exposed to asbestos from the demolition took place April 18. One of the diseases associated with exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma. This cancer has an average of 40 years to develop but is usually diagnosed only when she reached the final stages and become symptomatic. asbestos cancer, also called, in most cases, the terminal and incurable.
"When we discuss in the school district, environmental consultants and local contractors, we are developing a plan on how they are doing to curb asbestos in the pile of debris, and proper cleaning," said Erin Strouse, Ohio EPA spokesman.
"Cleanliness is stopped just before getting a handle on the situation. We take precautions."
