Hello, Tom.
-=> TOM WALKER wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK <=-

 ->  CA> Sounds reasonable but they tore down a perfectly good High
 ->  CA> School (large one) here in Michigan because the cost to remove
 ->  CA> the asbestos was too great. No mention of just 'leaving it
 ->  CA> there' at the time.

 -> Over the years, asbestos was used in a large number of ways in the
 -> building construction industry.  Since you now seem to be a bit of
 -> an asbestos guru, I'll ask if the asbestos used in the spray-on steel
 -> fireproofing at WTC was the same application and the same types of
 -> asbestos fibers as were installed in that torn-down high school?
 -> I'll wager a dime to a donut - - not.

 TW>  In the case of a School the Public Panics. NO mater if the risk is
 TW> Zero just the mentioning of the Word send people running out into the
 TW> street screaming that "The Sky is Falling".

Charles seems to have lack of recall about the facts of his anecdotal
example of how WTC was treated differently from his cited school in
Michigan.

 TW>  And of course the Greedy Litigation happy Lawyers we have nowdays
 TW> almost mandidate that it be removed no matter what the cost. Even to
 TW> Tearing down a Perfectly Servicable building.

But I think current regs would prohibit the simple knocking down,
loading up and hauling off to the landfill the debris from a building
loaded with hazardous asbestos materials.  I think they would have to
come in there with the moon suits and all, and remove that hazardous
asbestos first, before it could be torn down and hauled off.

- - -  JimH.

... Inquiring minds want to know. - Bubba
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