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New York Explodes Into Asbestos Ball
I saw on the news last night about the NYC steam pipe explosion, and was greeted by more news this morning of the same. Except this time they took a moment to tell me that there was a fair amount of asbestos in the dusty debris, but none in the actual air. And also not to worry about any health problems (they being the city’s Office of Emergency Management).
I have two thoughts, neither particularly brilliant, but see my coffee hasn’t kicked in yet.
1) OF COURSE there was asbestos. Everybody and their donkey used to use asbestos to insulate and fire retard building materials. It was good. And then it was bad. And now it’s in limbo.
2) The health track record of those involved in 9/11 is less than heartening. I mean we had the World Trade Center cough, and now, we’re bracing for a terrifying glut of cancer.
The moral of the story is: cities and buildings are full of gosh darn disgusting stuff that was never meant to be pulverized and aerosolized and breathed into our delicate little lungs.
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Asbestos? Don’t sweat it. Johns-Manville never really had any problems with it. Until bankruptcy, that is. (And, of course, Phillip Morris has a couple of warnings that they would like to ease your mind of, too.)
I think my favorite photograph and caption from the explosion coverage (aside from the awful trio of businessmen on their cellphones during crisis), was the photograph an elderly woman in a bright pink dress, getting directions from one of New York’s finest, wearing a filter mask matching the color of her dress. This photograph was wonderfully placed below the headline, “Asbestos Not Found In Air After Blast, Officials Say.” (Pay no attention to the man behind that pink mask!)