Asbestos-contaminated vermiculite: Regarding the former Zonolite/W. R. Grace Facility
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, completed an exposure evaluation of the former Zonolite/W.R. Grace facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The evaluation considered ways that people, particularly past workers, could have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite and waste rock.
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Who should read this?
Read this alert if you or someone you know:
Worked at the plant between the late-1940s and 1988
Lived in a household of someone who worked at plant between late-40s and 1988,
Lived near the plant for any period between the late-1940s and 1988, or
Currently lives near the former Zonolite/W.R. Grace facility, located at 1705 Sulphur Avenue in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
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