Episode 145: Asbestos
Distillations | Science History Institute · Science History Institute
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Show Notes
Asbestos, once a miracle product, is now a plague on the aging infrastructure to which it's bound. Today we explore a Pennsylvania town where a wide swath of asbestos-contaminated land stands capped and unusable. Then we visit a historic high school that is now dormant due to the expense of asbestos remediation.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:32 Introduction
01:53 The Ambler Asbestos Waste Piles
05:33 Schenley High School
13:22 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Bob Kenworthy and Larkin Page-Jacons for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.