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Author:  joe6167 [ Sun Oct 25, 2026 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Asbestos Question
It's been 20 years since I did my asbestos training, and I'm curious what your reaction, or the reaction of your respective jurisdictions would be if...

... a contractor demolishing an old powerplant in the middle of a residential neighbourhood, dumped infinity tons of asbestos... EVERYWHERE, and just left it blowing around the neighbourhood like tumbleweed.

Would it be declared one of those "superfund" sites or something?

Based on all the precautions we were told to take when it came to working around asbestos, it seems completely insane that a contractor would do this. These photos are from 2018.

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Author:  k5ahudson [ Sun Oct 25, 2026 12:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asbestos Question
Where? Poland?
Author:  jayrod [ Sun Oct 25, 2026 12:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asbestos Question
Whoa. Assuming that is actually asbestos, if that happened here, the proverbial feculence would impact the circumvolving airfoils. The contractor would probably go bankrupt, thus off the hook (but maybe not those individually responsible) and our tax dollars would likely pay for a hideously expensive remediation. Even if that isn't asbestos, that's bad.
Author:  joe6167 [ Sun Oct 25, 2026 4:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asbestos Question
k5ahudson wrote:
Where? Poland?


Yes. Formerly the "Vladimir Lenin Power Plant" in the city of Łódź... how'd that get there?

First entered service in 1957. I can't imagine there would be anything but asbestos in such a facility...

Anyways, what do you think the Canadian response would be to such a situation?
Author:  jayrod [ Sun Oct 25, 2026 6:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asbestos Question
I'm not from Canada but I believe the government has a multi-billion fund set up for remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites. And there's contractors that specialize in those cleanups.
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