Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind

• Main Author: Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela)
• Other Authors: Toby Lester.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2020
• Subjects: Comparative Media Studies.; Graduate Program in Science Writing.
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123788

Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019 === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references. === Ambler, Pennsylvania, a small town in the suburbs of Philadelphia, was formerly known as the asbestos capital of the world. After production ceased, large amounts of waste were left behind. Once portion of that waste, now known as the BoRit site, wasn't named as an EPA Superfund site until 2009. What follows is an examination of how the site was remediated, and the whether or not the safety of the animals and the resident is still in any jeopardy from the asbestos that remains underground. === by Gina Vitale. === S.M. in Science Writing === S.M.inScienceWriting Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing