[CPEO-MEF] Canada addresses asbestos in military homes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military to spend millions more on Zonolite homes 

CBC Manitoba (Canadian Broadcasting)
January 18, 2006

The [Canadian] Department of National Defence is once again spending
millions of dollars to protect its tenants from asbestos contamination
caused by Zonolite insulation in military homes.

Last year, DND spent about $2.5-million testing and removing Zonolite
insulation from military homes. Now, as much as $2.8-million will be
spent sealing vents, light fixtures and bathroom fans in military houses
that still have Zonolite.

Zonolite, a popular type of insulation used in thousands of Canadian
homes, was made from the mineral vermiculite, which came from a W.R.
Grace mine in Montana that was naturally contaminated with an extremely
carcinogenic form of asbestos.

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For the entire story and links, see
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/story/mb_zonolite-20060118.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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