Asbestos in Schools
Are you looking for some inside information on asbestos? Here's
an up-to-date report from asbestos experts who should know.
The asbestos has arrived to schools. The ex students-athletes,
coachers and outdoor maintenance workers of the Oak Ridge High
School in El Dorado Hills, are being recommended to be checked
for early signs of asbestos-related diseases.
This health check was suggested by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for those who used or worked on the
athletic fields, running track, dirt paths and baseball diamonds
of that school, before 2004 -2005 school year.
On 2005, the school grounds were cemented and landscaped. In
addition, the asbestos-laden soil was replaced from baseball
diamonds. The federal Environmental Protection Agency completed
this asbestos-containment work on the campus.
Most of this information comes straight from the asbestos pros.
Careful reading to the end virtually guarantees that you'll know
what they know.
The school, which has about 1.800 students, was opened in 1984.
Since that year on, all those who may have had some moderately
long-standing contact with amphibole asbestos fibers before the
improvement, are recommended to have that medical screening. The
tremolite dust is the kind of asbestos widespread in El Dorado
Hills and contains amphibole asbestos fibers. These fibers can
cover the lungs, raising the danger of pleura disease and
mesothelioma cancer.
Asbestos-related diseases typically do not turn out to be
manifest until at least ten years or more after contact. Some of
the symptoms can be coughing, shortness of breath and chest pain
and doctors must pay attention to this if they are persistent.
After all the lessening efforts that have been put in the
school, the district believes there is much less
asbestos-exposure threat now on the foothills site.
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