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City of Detroit issued the following announcement on March 30.
Of 101 air samples analyzed...one microscopic asbestos fiber was found in samples from each of two houses said Rick Neitzel, associate professor of environmental healthscience and principal investigator on the study.
“Frankly, I was expecting to find more asbestos,” Neitzel said. “We were extremely surprised, and it was great news from a public healthperspective.”
The study suggests that (asbestos abatement) money could instead be spent on tearing down more houses. But city officials noted that federal requirements would have to change for them to stop doing abatement.
"We are encouraged that this study shows our environmental protocols during demolition have effectively protected residents,” Detroit Demolition Director LaJuan Counts told The Associated Press. “Unless there is a change at the federal level, we will continue to include abatement as part of our standard demolition protocols.”
https://abcnews.go.com/…/study-asbestos-found-detroit-house…
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Detroit
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