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| Kiwanis Lynn Manor |
Where is asbestos-containing material?
In Kiwanis Lynn Manor (KLM) it is everywhere.
In July, 2017, I spoke with Doug Irving
at WorkSafeBC. My case file is #17624. In 1992 I was a Certified
Accountant practicing in Bentall Tower II while they had a covert,
secretive asbestos removal program. Seven of us got very sick.
Although WorkSafeBC is not interested in the concerns of a building's
tenants, only workers, the seven of us were covered by WCB in 1992.
We have been long suffering. We know
that we are terminally ill.
On Thursday, July 27, 2017 (last
month), I had a Telus installer come into my apartment to move a
telephone line. He refused, “I am not going anywhere near
asbestos. I don't want to be killed.” I had to pull up the old
cable, myself. He did help confirm that the new setup was working
correctly.
On Monday, August 21, 2017 I telephone
The District of North Vancouver Building Inspections Department and
asked for some clarification and a discussion about living in KLM.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 I had a
telephone callback from a young building inspector. He refused to
come into KLM to meet me. He was frightened. He did telephone me
later to say that he had met with, and gone over my concerns with the
District of North Vancouver Fire Chief. He said that he would
telephone me back. He did not.
I had started work at age 15 and
watched the dry wallers, lathers, plasters and stucco contractors cut
open the top of 60 pound bags of asbestos with a box cutter, then
hold the bag upside down at the bottom, and dump the dusty asbestos
contents evenly all over the 'mud' mix (slurry), then mix it in to
get even distribution. At that time the miracle additive to most
everything was asbestos. For instance it was dumped into the mud
(slurry) and sprayed on our popcorn ceilings.
(Click image to expand.)
I have absolutely no idea how the current contractors plan on sealing us off from the asbestos-containing material, especially at the interface of our popcorn ceilings. Sticky tape holding up a piece of plastic, certainly would not do it.
(Click image to expand.)I have absolutely no idea how the current contractors plan on sealing us off from the asbestos-containing material, especially at the interface of our popcorn ceilings. Sticky tape holding up a piece of plastic, certainly would not do it.
Nor have I seen plans on how they are
going to maintain positive air pressure in our living areas, always,
and at every time for 24 hours a day during this 10 month
reconstruction. Nor have I seen provision for a backup generator in
case of a power failure. Nor have I seen plans for a secondary
backup generator, for when the first backup runs out of gas.
Nor have I seen plans for an immediate
emergency building evacuation when the asbestos negative pressure
containing envelope fails (earthquake, fire, UV radiation, wind and
more). This is our very lives I am writing about.
I have not seen any plans for filtering
and scrubbing all of the airflow, from the negative pressure bubble
envelope, when the asbestos ladened air exits the building. If there
are none, the fine invisible asbestos fibres will float all over Lynn
Valley and beyond. The fire hall, Lynn Valley Mall, Safeway, library
and both elementary and secondary schools and Capilano University
could all be contaminated. There have been cases all around the
world where dust has spread over thousands of square kilometres,
affecting thousands of lives.
You remember the dust when the World
Trade Centre Towers came down. Mayor Bloomburg implored the
financial industry to return to work. It generates a fair amount to the New York City tax base. Those accountants, brokers, lawyers and
secretaries did go back to work. Now they too are dying. They do
not get the same amount of press coverage as the first-responders,
and their deaths are a little longer in coming, an anguishing,
painful, drawn out affair.
Asbestos has been used, but are not
limited to:
Cement corrugated sheets
Cement flat sheets
Cement pipe
Pipeline glue and tape
Vinyl floor tile
Vinyl floor tile
Automatic transmission components
Clutch facings
Disk brake pads
Drum brake linings
Disk brake pads
Drum brake linings
Gaskets
Roof coatings
Roofing felt
Clothing
Drywall, asbestos and gypsum drywall
Tape and joint compound, or 'mud', used to seal the seams and fill gaps between drywall
Vermiculite [https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/protect-your-family-asbestos-contaminated-vermiculite-insulation] contaminated with asbestos that had been sprayed into home attics and elsewhere to act as insulation
Roof coatings
Roofing felt
Clothing
Drywall, asbestos and gypsum drywall
Tape and joint compound, or 'mud', used to seal the seams and fill gaps between drywall
Vermiculite [https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/protect-your-family-asbestos-contaminated-vermiculite-insulation] contaminated with asbestos that had been sprayed into home attics and elsewhere to act as insulation
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| The Dust Bin |
Stucco, exterior
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| Is asbestos dust grey??? |
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| Time for me to move on! |
References,
See also:
A practical look at the rules on asbestos for three groups: Homeowners; contractors; and workers.
Nonpulmonary
Outcomes of Asbestos ExposureJournal of Toxicology and Environmental
Health. Part B, Critical
Reviews
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118539/]
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118539/]
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