[CPEO-MEF] Asbestos in Concrete at U.S. Military Bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Submitted by Laura Olah <info@cswab.org>

CSWAB UPDATE: 

Asbestos in Concrete at U.S. Military Bases

State regulators are requiring Badger Army Ammunition Plant to test
concrete for asbestos in order to assure that the cancer-causing
chemical is not released to the air when foundations for dozens of
excess buildings are crushed for reuse in road construction.  Asbestos
was added to a variety of building materials and is found in concrete
and concrete-like products. 

Military Formulation of Super Powerhouse insulation cement, for example,
was produced from 1957 to 1971 and contained 5% asbestos and was
developed to conform to government specification.  This product was
manufactured and sold exclusively for U.S. government military
installations.  

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger has published a fact sheet to
raise public awareness of the potential for asbestos in concrete and
concrete-like products.  The webpage is 
http://www.cswab.org/asbestos.html.

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Laura Olah, Executive Director
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
E12629 Weigands Bay S
Merrimac, WI 53561
phone: (608)643-3124
fax: (608)643-0005
email: info@cswab.org
website: www.cswab.org
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