Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind

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Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela)
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Little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing.
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Toby Lester.
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Abstract
Ambler, Pennsylvania, a small town in the suburbs of Philadelphia, was formerly known as the asbestos capital of the world. After production ceased, large amounts of waste were left behind. Once portion of that waste, now known as the BoRit site, wasn't named as an EPA Superfund site until 2009. What follows is an examination of how the site was remediated, and the whether or not the safety of the animals and the resident is still in any jeopardy from the asbestos that remains underground.
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Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019
 
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Date issued
2019
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123788
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Comparative Media Studies., Graduate Program in Science Writing.
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