Are current residents of this asbestos-contaminated site at any risk?

Most current residents living in the neighborhood are NOT being exposed to asbestos from the site. The plant stopped processing asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in 1988.

In the past, some people may have taken waste rock home from the plant and used it around their homes. Today, people could still be exposed to asbestos around their homes if any waste rock remains uncovered and open to the air.

That’s because every time this waste rock is stirred up, asbestos fibers may be released into the air.