Evan Colchiski, the father of a soldier who is currently stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina has told the media that the Army “badly handled” the asbestos contamination in an Army barrack last week.
Crews were working on the barracks and discovered asbestos tiles.
The Devil’s Rejects movies The Maltese Falcon film Three Kings hd According to Colchiski, soldiers may have inhaled asbestos fibers that were transferred through the heating vents after asbestos-containing floor tiles were ripped up.
Lt. Col. Clarence Counts, a public affairs officer at the base, said an unknown number of soldiers removed floor tiles last week and the tiles are now being tested to see if they contain contaminants. Counts has said that environmental officials have sealed and cleaned the contaminated barrack.
The barrack was built during the Vietnam War, and is in the midst of renovations. Soldiers who ripped up tiles were not given masks or other safety equipment to protect them from the potentially hazardous asbestos dust in the air.
Colchiski claims to have had a sample of the floor tiles tested in a laboratory and staed that the sampled contained over 25% asbestos.
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