The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its testing of asbestos levels at an old W.R. Grace Zonolite factory near Spokane, Washington. The agency is concerned by levels of the hazardous fiber in the soil of neighborhood yards, and is investigating to see if raking or shoveling the dirt could have caused dangerous levels of the material to be thrown into the air.
The factory has been closed since 1973, when a whistle-blower alerted the government to dangerous levels of asbestos in the plant. The factory produced Zonolite, an attic insulation material that contained the toxic asbestos, which has been known to cause cancer and other health-related problems.
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