[CPEO-BIF] U. Penn "to study asbestos in Ambler," Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Penn researchers get $10 million grant to study asbestos in Ambler

By Jessica McDonald
Philly Region Newsworks (PA)
June 11, 2014

The University of Pennsylvania has received a $10 million grant from  
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study  
asbestos and its impact on the suburban community of Ambler.

Although its asbestos factory closed decades ago, the town is now one  
of the EPA's designated superfund sites and an unusually high number  
of residents have a rare asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma.

"It's the second largest asbestos dump site in the country," said  
Trevor Penning, Penn's director of the Center of Excellence in  
Environmental Toxicology. "It covers 35 acres. For a long time, the  
residents of that community have been very concerned about that  
asbestos waste. And so each of the projects in the grant actually  
address the community concern."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/health-science/item/69068-upenn- 
gets-10-million-grant-to-study-asbestos-in-ambler

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Lenny Siegel
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