Mesothelioma and Asbestos

According to the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion as well as Preventative Medicine, the locations where U.S. troops possess been operating in Haiti dont contain high levels of toxic substances. Hundreds of air, soil as well as water samples were tested for asbestos, silica as well as 200 other contaminants.

Samples were collected by teams from the U.S. Navy, Army as well as Air Force around sites where U.S. troops possess been since the deadly earthquake in January.

The contaminants found were existing in levels below U.S. government standards. Haiti, it seems, did not take asbestos insulation as extensively as the United States did. The only significant quantity of asbestos was found in an asbestos ceiling tile at an AIDS clinic being used by the U.S. Community Health Service.

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