Tuesday, September 4, 1979
University Daily Kansan
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Asbestos shower continues in lab
Exposed insulation containing asbestos is dormant to fall in the floor of the Kurata University Campus, according to laboratory personnel, despite a request in reply to the state Department of Health.
Rodger Orok, director of facilities operations, said last week that he had not received a response from the health department. Orok said he was instructed to send a letter of request for impoundment by the state law. Jubilant Ivy, state director of environmental health.
However, Irwin said that he had not received the request from KU. He said the letter might have been forwarded to the State Architect's office.
"Approval for repair of any state building must be made through the State Architect's office." Irwin said.
Bernard Warner, assistant director of the State Architect's office, said he had not
received any correspondence from the health department or from KU.
"All requests for inspection and repairs of any state buildings must come through my office," he said. "We are very concerned with any damage to a state building."
THE INULATION has been falling to the floor of the laboratory since last winter, according to George Swift, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering.
An analysis in July by a Chicago laboratory found that the insulation in the thermodynamics laboratory contained between 10 and 15 percent asbestos.
At the time of the study, Iwain said exposed insulation might not necessarily be a health hazard, noting that the tests by Walter C. McCrone Associates, Inc., were only one part of an evaluation procedure to determine the building where the asbestos was found.
Swift said heavy water and water had loosened the insulation and caused it to fall.
Swift first submitted a request in May through department of respiratory services to the Department for assisting the insulation continued asbestos. In July, access to the laboratory was permitted.
THE EVALUATION PROCEDURE is part of an exposure assessment program explained in a document on asbestos in the Environmental Protection Agency.
The evaluation procedure would include the determination of asbestos content, water damage, condition of the material and exposed surface area.
However, the government has yet to set a percentage standard for asbestos hazards, according to Jody Crum of the EPA office in Kansas City, Mo.
"There has been no minimum standard set," she said in July. "Some people have reported lung trouble at various levels."
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Crane said that the EPA would offer
advice and technical assistance to anyone requesting it, but that some schools have corrected potential asbestos problems by following the assessment program.
HOWEVER, MEL GRAY of the state Department of Health said earlier his office would respond to complaints by any school officials who made requests.
"Usually, the asbestos surface can be treated with a sealer that will prevent it from causing any harm," he said. "We don't care if the sealer is not as durable unless it has been damaged or torn."
The EPA also would act on a request by a school official that a building be inspected for asbestos, said Wolfgang Brander, an inspection officer for the EPA in Kansas City.
Exposure to damaged asbestos, according to the EPA, has been associated with lung cancer and was initially associated with a chronic and debilitating lung disease called asbestosis. In all asbestos-related diseases there is a period of many years after exposure to the dose of the disease.
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Richardson, a member of the club,
first met her dance partner, Oskel,
while talking on her CB radio. She had already
signed up to dance in the marathon.
She skipped for the dance until shortly before
the marathon was scheduled to begin.
Phyllis Richardson, 739 Eldm, Eudora, and Ernie Oswell, 1313 Prairie, Lawrence, raised $125.85 in pledges and donations. He also donated $400 to couples, and earned first-place trophies. The marathon, which was sponsored by the University of Utah, is an annual event in its fifth year.
RICHARDSON SAID, "We were going to go to the lake Sunday, then I
"I was alright until about three in the morning." Richardson said. "Ernie had to hold me up, then."
remembered I had to dance. So, I asked Ernie if he wanted to dance, too.
Although the dancers received 10 minute breaks every hour and five half-hour breaks for meals, they began to tire early Monday morning.
"It was supposed to last 27 hours, until 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, but they let us off early because of the heat."
Three couples danced for 26 hours this weekend in the parking lot at The Malls Shopping Center, 23rd and Louisiana Boulevard. At least 150 people Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telephone.
Despite aching feet and sore muscles, Richardson and Oshel agreed that their efforts had been worthwhile.
Oshel said he did not feel tired until 8 a.m. Monday. "Then, my knees began to hurt," he said.
Three dancing couples raise funds for telethon
ROTC Gateway to a great way of life.
However, this year's total amount of collections and pledges, $3,023.21 was used in the first three years according to Rick Hicks, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation representative to Rick Hicks.
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