Asbestos Found in Dust From NYC Eruption
By: Pam On: Jul/19/07 - Leave Your Comment
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive geyser of steam and debris that erupted through a midtown Manhattan street left asbestos in the dust that settled, but city officials said Thursday that tests indicated the air was safe of the carcinogen.
Tests were continuing, but the city’s Office of Emergency Management said in a statement that long-term health problems were “unlikely.”
On Thursday, asbestos contamination was the main lingering health concern, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Some of the pipes that pump steam beneath the city to heat and cool thousands of buildings are wrapped in asbestos, which can cause fatal lung disease with prolonged exposure.
I seem to remember Christie Whitman saying the same thing!
