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If tO -tnto.tba aavtrOBmanL lohalad be .demolished baeanse'the flbra can cauaa aihaatnato. {70n btn to remove to esbee* etacan and maabthailQBa. to te almadC tiTfeoatly atbufld* --'Tfcara-to no known euro for tog a new structure. In Lon don. one-local council atone - Throughout fin tm wan* ha spent SLUT oarths.pat -ra'.natlOM davitopad atria* jfac year* to remove asbestos not pcttcaa-fiar doing with frcnrtta.bqunDgjmdt Been tSbQjh-oapeulaiioo -tha_E3 and Canadarraquirad tocal'-aotfaiirtttea to dlapoa at aabeota in placa Ilka admit -OMt'inanBOtt Mdldtflp> Somarptopto now baitew, k-liitanrettonally "rernyntiad. asbestos jemoval coiapanlai have continuad to^. push removal ter obvious noons." nyi ftor MUabam. marketing howeror, that the aabaena n director af~iqaid Plastics, -boildiaft might have baan -which manutecBtne an ocap* eafer left whore it waa. The ntotfasn pndocL _BnvironmtnUl Protection AjbMtot remorel i> n --Agincy to the 08 pnhhahad to Mhn _ rtm~h(|inH guidallnos for "Bunging ter removers -t-beuuise strict aebaataa" lam July, adafitting coda of practlee -BMka It --that jnllUona of dollarv tod bean apant..nnnac8aaarlly tumlaf.-ud oily ipocteUy amoving the maariaL Hamid oporeton n* allomd -- It mamanda tanand that -to nmoro ft Tbo itrlppod tba puial ba n^r*"1***^ Aretrelteretly to dtapoa at of eagoaed.- Bonoanl4i ncoo*> Lmetirtart ooly duitBg.:btf0dtag- with many -willlnf to a^trka.no lenger ICQipt-l^nportl of nichliirmftil wwte-mitertel. - If the aabeetaa la demand and alrTeaUdyfj-oradlah'nitnngpflfbc riam.|--eewt tMwi- bmw canxnenlee tel* -lowtto KPA'e lead. Britain. * Pram and BUgtnmwre also moving mrJm wfctopread removal, recommending that -undamaged >|*|*tt<>i ba1 - misted, adored or ' Dm moot impawn noon for tbe-dung In ubatai luHteUoa te to prevent ftmlKr aboofoo-titetoa datlu. Ou recat otady ootfmitod tint -*-*-*-- in.bmfal'ig-iraald bo tmponilbklaranlyaai doth i-yCBCll ttao BK compored with an or two doodnper milUon ciuMd jy/Bpomre to ||^H^ i<iw4b|-1I [WiifWil CncoowlltloB ten whireby 1 dunbli non-axle -orettnr te pilnad or fpoyod teddag-ln- Uk flbni ad pro. tattne tt for oonnl pan from bmt odd ad doing Tlx pzooa, mihuslix da Oreretsidintod Irentetlni Oadtfm at ortoteoo whleh k an seea'as tbe bast *--*> ter -withstanding'high praaanrar M|H tooptnum ad amdn pM or Iltnldi. (non SogBOItm, tho public percation tbit ay iiOom te dugroa mom muon! will probibly jouIb. non Hidiltei)rvlipretdent of Dooila tbo OnUrto-blMd cilmto, l cantricton.-boltemi __ ia ymri of remorel He nw1 an 1 lot of nandi ibcct IJbtaik tOre'a ilotof ubmtoibctefremored it fmt cxplTiic to dw tixpmr dmt vre aftetnly doit batten naad* to O dona." Asbestos whipsaw By now w thouM b* betting tiled to t.i* whipsaw of icleatuie contemui. Shortly alter we ieiirn that Alar will folion ippl^Mtin* children, we learn that It won't. A similar awing on dlexin: The Environmental Protection Agency now acknowledges that It overestimated the dangers of the noto rious chemical. And so with asbestos, although the shifts In the consensus have been less like a whipsaw than a leaky faucet. Drip bv drip the evidence accumu lates: The asbestos scare of the early 1880s was overdone, resulting in much bad public pclicy, neadless govern ment spending and, In some commu nities, widespread panic. The--latest -word comes from the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association. Ear lier this month it released a report emphasizing the lack of risk that undisturbed asbestos poses to occu pants of buildings in which asbestos"(its been found. This puts tbs panel in line with EPA's policy, which recom mends that Intact asbesto*, even In schools, be left In place. Unfortunately, the EPA has not nlwtyt been so sensible. It early signed on to the asbestos scare, embracing a now-discredited study that asbestos exposure could cause 40,000 "excess deaths" a year. (Mott 1dintilts place the number at than IS, for extremely high exposure levels.) EPA's initial policy, said former Di rector William Ruckelahaua, waa meant to get "the mothers to form mobs-to-ttonn the school committees." Tbs resulting asbestos remov als from schools nationwide, many of them unnecessary, have cost those "school committees," end the taxpay ers, millions of dollars. - Those in the vanguard of the scar* once ranked mild ubestes exposure with smoking and alcoholism as a public health threat. The AMA panel dispenses with that notion -- perma nently, we hope: "Doctors must con tinue to drive borne to the public the ter greater causes of morbidity and mortality, such as smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, improper diet and inad equate exercise." Thus the AMA-certified guide to a long life: Don't smoke, eat right, pump iron. And leave the asbestos alona. HERALD BIRMINGH AUGUST A2M8 , POST 1991 AD lI I IQJ uO t fU. 0S i SO