Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Twelve additional sites possess been identified by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as testing positive for asbestos along the Sebring Parkway. Large piles of asbestos-concrete pipes possess as well as been found at the Highlands County Landfill. There were 76 fragments analyzed from 14 locations that were discovered to be non-friable asbestos-containing bodily. Most of these fragments were sitting out in the unfastened on the ground, including some that were found in the bushes near the Boy Scout Lodge.

Asbestos is a known carcinogen that was very widely used in construction materials as well as as insulation until the 1970s. Asbestos exposure can cause a variety of humorless illnesses, including lung cancer, asbestosis as well as mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer.

There are strict environmental laws in place for the handling as well as disposal of asbestos in order to protect the health as well as safety of workers as well as the community. The FDEP as well as the county require hazardous bodily to be double wrapped in distinguished bags for disposal. There must be records when the bodily is dumped, as well as the FDEP must be notified before removal begins. Landfill receipts show no records of asbestos dumping done by the county despite the discovery of large, unfastened piles of asbestos waste there.

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