A hearing has been set to investigate health-and-safety allegations regarding the handling of asbestos at the Smithsonian Institution.

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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale psp According to a story in The Washington Post,  museum lighting specialist Richard Pullman, 53, claims that his work on asbestos-containing walls at the National Air and Space Museum made him sick, and also claims that the institution retaliated by demoting him for reporting workplace-safety violations. The Smithsonian denies the retaliation claim.

Pullman has been an employee at the Air and Space museum for 27 years, and he said he learned a year ago that the compound used to join walls at the museum contained asbestos. In his claim, he also alleges that “contractors were not following proper asbestos procedures” by tracking drywall dust and debris into museum galleries visited by the public.

Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas said that the museum is safe for visitors and that tests show no harmful asbestos fibers in the air. However, Pullman’s attorney David J. Marshall wrote in a letter to the office, “The museum attempted to clean up the potential asbestos release but its efforts were most likely not adequate because NASM management insisted that cleanup work be completed before the Museum opened at 10 a.m.”

Asbestos exposure can create all sorts of ugly side effects including asbestosis and a particularily aggressive form of lung cancer called mesothelioma. There are no safe levels of exposure.

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