[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: Ft. Bragg (NC) asbestos

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Father faults Army for asbestos contamination

By Paul Woolverton
Fayetteville Observer (NC)
December 9, 2008

The father of a Fort Bragg soldier said Monday that the Army badly 
handled an asbestos contamination in a Bragg barracks building last week.

The father, Evon Colchiski of Ocala, Fla., thinks the soldiers who live 
in the building should be monitored for years for asbestos-caused 
diseases, such as lung cancer. The heating system may have spread 
asbestos dust throughout the barracks, he said.

"My son is extremely concerned about his health and the health of the 
other soldiers that are continually being housed in this building. What 
are we going to do?" Colchiski said.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=312595

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Lenny Siegel
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