News for July 7th, 2008

Asbestos Beach open for summer

July 7th, 2008 by Wendi Lewis

About a month ago, this site shared information about the latest investigation of Chicago’s Oak Street Beach, which has been examined several times by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of asbestos contamination. In June, the Environmental News Service, an independently owned and operated daily international wire service for environmental news, reported the beach has been inundated with asbestos fibers from the Johns-Manville Asbestos Superfund site for the past 20 years.

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