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Redeveloped the old K&M factories! Ambler boiler house was vacant when K&M was dissolved. Removed asbestos from homes + factories.

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The factory is a reminder of the decline of the community

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in the 1990s/2000s Ambler went through a big upswing (the revival) and more people settled down after acts

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There were piles of asbestos and to get rid of it they buried it. People were worried about it being in the air, they got air samples in 1988, and then in 2010 and 2011, in the site across, nothing was found.

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Any Exposure to Asbestos is potentially carcinogenic

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It shows just breathing asbestos could give you lung cancer.

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It shows that Asbestos are a really dangerous disease and factory workers can get it .

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- Justin Zimmerman, a resident, takes a relaxed approach on the development of ambler
- welcomes construction of apartment complex
- many older residents

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There was steep slopes of asbestos more than 90 feet tall and some kids even played 15 feet away from it. They had 2 choices to get rid of it which was truck it out of melt it to glass. Both were expensive and had health risks

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Big piles of asbestos on the ground from the factory. The air was flooded with dust and asbestos and their wasn't much ventilation.

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EPA spent $25 million trying to keep flooding threats under control

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Asbestos factory workers were in almost nonstop contact with asbestos which gave them cancer

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It shows that even living near the factories or being in an asbestos insulated building can increase your chance of developing mesothelioma

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Factory workers, mostly men, were exposed to high amounts of the mineral asbestos.

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Susan Curry suggest that they layer the soil of the asbestos to stay safe

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There is no safe level of exposure to asbestos but it is a relativity rare disease... trying to develop a plan to remove the asbestos without harming people. very unlikely this is going to happen

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In Ambler, most common death was from lung disease and mesothelioma

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in the 1990s everything closed in Ambler and lots of people left because of the asbestos