Workers uncover unforeseen asbestos at convention centre site in Utah.
Asbestos removal crews were called into action recently after the fibers were found unexpectedly near a demolition site in Provo, Utah, the Daily Heralds reported.
Workers found an asbestos-contaminated pipe beneath the concrete but the county’s assistant public works director Don Nay said there was nothing to worry about. No one was at risk because the minerals hadn’t escaped into the air.
The find was a surprise, but Nay explained this was the reason for keeping an abatement crew at the demolition site. He says all of the buildings being demolished at the convention center had some asbestos in them but none of it had been released into the air.
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