https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k en-us 2017-01-09 17:41:42 UTC 2017-05-17 09:49:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076042 Ambler went from a near ghost town to a great little town:)]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076042 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076283 2017-01-09 18:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076283 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076288 Asbestos was where the kids would play and the kids/people around there would get sick and possibly die from cancers from asbestos.]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076288 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076291 The banning of asbestos led to economic decline for ambler]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076291 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076297 People wanted to get rid of Asbestos because it caused mesothelioma, but it also was a big part of the economy in Ambler.]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076297 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076301 People that worked at the asbestos plants describe almost none stop contact with it. 

]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076301 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076303 The town has changed a lot over time from when asbestos took over.

]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076303 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076306 Ambler changed from nothing to having little shops and crowds that show up (mainly on weekends) Redevelopment of old K&M plants has costed over $6 million. The Boiler House is powered by geothermal energy. There's a railroad behind the new developments that leads straight to central Philadelphia. ]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076306 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076339 2017-01-09 18:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076339 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076341 Children were playing on the piles and around and could get very sick.]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076341 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076358 Mesothelioma killed 3.1 times more people in Ambler than in the rest of Pennsylvania]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076358 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076378 People had different beliefs on whether or not growing trees would harm the environment or help it.]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076378 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076388 They are making treatments for Mesothelioma. 
There is no safe exposure to Asbestos.  ]]> 2017-01-09 18:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076388 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076538 People living near the BoRite asbestos site feel violated and at risk of the asbestos.]]> 2017-01-09 18:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076538 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076625 Asbestos waste is buried underground, it is threatening to be unearthed. The EPA spends a lot of time and money to keep it down. The Ambler Asbestos Piles site is uninhabitable due to the amount of asbestos. Sharon McCormick protests this action.]]> 2017-01-09 18:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076625 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076658 The asbestos is still buried. And can be re-introduced to the community from uprooted trees, burrowing animals, and flood conditions.
It is so damaging, the EPA spends 25 million dollars on trying to keep it contained.]]> 2017-01-09 18:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076658 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076737 Most of the people living around the BoRit site are afraid of asbestos and what it might do, but a few are fine with it and think that it's no harm to their lifestyle.]]> 2017-01-09 18:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076737 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076773 built old K&M Boiler House into bigger and better building for 16 million. Start of the rebuilding]]> 2017-01-09 18:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076773 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076807 Last year, Ambler jump-started some investigations for soil containing asbestos. They wanted to try the idea of fungus to stabilize
 the soil and break down asbestos fibers so they're nontoxic]]> 2017-01-09 18:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146076807 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077127 There were a lot of change over time in downtown. By the late 1990s, there were a lot of new shopping malls, businesses, and new theater in downtown]]> 2017-01-09 18:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077127 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077318 things could grow on top of asbestos]]> 2017-01-09 18:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077318 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077603 people that worked at the asbestos plants describe almost nonstop contact with it ]]> 2017-01-09 18:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/bhq3xx25kh7k/wish/146077603