Asbestos found in dust from NYC Explosion

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Source: AP, via Yahoo! News

NEW YORK - 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.

The city's Office of Emergency Management said in a statement that long-term health problems from the rupture of the 83-year-old steam pipe and its debris were "unlikely."

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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 cancer and other serious illnesses with prolonged exposure.

Area residents were urged to keep windows closed, and anyone exposed to the falling debris was instructed to wash carefully and isolate the clothing they were wearing in plastic bags. Eight air samples in the area around the explosion found no sign of asbestos, but six of 10 samples of debris and dust came back positive, the emergency-management agency said Thursday.



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Suuure, it's perfectly safe. Didn't we hear that after 9/11?

[krispos42]

1. Probably also contains leaded paint , DDT, Freon, and thalidomide

Hell, let's hit the entire trifecta!

[soothsayer]

3. that's more of a superfecta (and then some)

[krispos42]

4. Pentafecta? :-) n/t

[Javaman]

2. Interesting that they didn't say what the part per million was...nt

[youngdem]

5. Cuz it wasn't in the air.

It was on the surface. They probably swab tested some surfaces and checked for asbestos. I bet all they have is a positive test.

[Javaman]

6. hmmm, asbestos is a pretty fine particulate, I surprised they didn't

test the air.

[lovuian]

7. Be very careful NY you have been through this before

how do you trust the government after this

DUST to DUST

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1B2WBD-F-7I
how do you trust the government when they lied to you
We are in times of trust that is broken

Just go back to work Move on everything is OK
get the message