A speech therapist from the San Mateo-Foster City School District recently began an investigation regarding the piping that was in her classroom.
Victoria DeLuca thought the pipes in her classroom looked strange and after taking matters into her own hand, discovered that the heating ducts were wrapped in asbestos.
School Questioned
In 2005, Highlands Elementary was supposedly given [...]

Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims that there is little risk of asbestos exposure from 9/11, critics are still skeptical.
Buildings Tested
According to the EPA, 53 apartments and nine building lobbies were analyzed and only seventy-one of 904 dust samples showed unhealthy levels of lead. Only three samples supposedly had unsafe levels of asbestos.
“The contaminants [...]

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos and occurs when cells form in the lining of the chest or the abdomen. Those who are affected by this type of mesothelioma are typically those who have worked or lived in a place where asbestos was either inhaled [...]

Even though products containing over a regulated percentage of asbestos can no longer legally be manufactured and used in the United States, mesothelioma and other asbestos related illnesses are still taking lives.
Second Hand Exposure
Kati Maloney, the oldest girl of eight children, was exposed to asbestos when she would wash her father’s clothing.
Her father worked at [...]