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- BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesHAZARDOUS MATERIALSNo Sloppy Work, Please
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- The cost of ridding buildings of asbestos insulation runs
- about $20 per sq. ft., or 100 times as much as the cost of
- installing the fireproofing mineral in the days before it was
- known to be a potent carcinogen. One result: in as many as half
- of all demolition or renovation jobs involving asbestos
- removal, the contractors or building owners ignore the costly
- safety procedures that the Environmental Protection Agency has
- had in effect since 1975.
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- Now the EPA is cracking down on sloppy work. Last week the
- agency filed suit against 34 organizations and individuals in
- eleven states, charging them with failure to notify the
- government of their work or handling the asbestos in a
- dangerous manner. Among the accused: the New York City Board of
- Education. If found guilty, the defendants could be forced to
- pay $25,000 in fines for each day of each violation.
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