Asbestos Found in Newark, Ohio Office Building

No matter the age or condition of a building, the danger for exposure to asbestos is there.

In June 2007, several people working in the Newark, Ohio, Municipal Building noticed large amounts of dust coming from a renovation project to replace the vents that supply heat, air conditioning and ventilation to the building.

Those dusts and debris contained asbestos.

The Municipal Building had been constructed in 1967, with a fourth floor added to the building in 1977. A representative for the company performing the vent renovation project had noticed that the ceilings in the building had shown evidence of improvements performed after 1981, when asbestos products should not have been used.

The good news: For the workers and visitors to this Ohio Office building is that tests performed after the asbestos was removed showed no further asbestos in the area.

The not so good news: Since the latency period for developing symptoms of an asbestos-related disease after exposure can be more than 20-30 years, it will be decades before any of the people exposed to asbestos at the Municipal Building will know if there were consequences to their exposure.

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