Intriguing Saga
Congratulations to Evelyn De Wolfe for her continuing series on the issue of asbestos in buildings. As a former executive for a large, publicly held asbestos removal firm and as current owner of Asbestos Advisory Associates (a consulting firm) it has been intriguing to watch the asbestos saga unfold.
A material originally installed to safeguard the public and help conserve energy is “suddenly” declared a carcinogen by the government. Clean up and related costs run in the hundreds of billions of dollars. An industry is created almost overnight to deal with the problem, but legislation needed to both regulate that industry and to inform and protect the public is nonexistent or conflicting at best, from agency to agency, jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
It is my hope that Ms. De Wolfe’s series will continue to fulfill the public’s need for increased awareness relative to this still-confusing issue.
CHRISTOPHER K. GALE
Redondo Beach
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