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Toby Lester.
Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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2019
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123788
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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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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.
by Gina Vitale.
S.M. in Science Writing
S.M.inScienceWriting Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing
23 pages ;
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Comparative Media Studies.
Graduate Program in Science Writing.
Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind
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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