What should residents of Upper Dublin know about the article you read on Friday? by Jessica Kelly https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft en-us 2017-01-09 12:14:45 UTC 2025-10-24 14:04:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960096 Ambler was once called the asbestos manufacturing capital of the world.

]]> 2017-01-09 12:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960096 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960173 Ambler was formed on the production of asbestos, a cancer causing substance.

]]> 2017-01-09 12:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960173 Ambler https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960181 Ambler was once a place where asbestos was made. Toxic, it is still not taken care of completely to this day. There is still asbestos in Ambler. ]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960181 Abestos https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960182 Asbestos was used to make lots of different products that made Amble more efficient. Until, it was discovered that Asbestos could give people lung cancer from being around it too long.]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960182 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960187 Ambler PA wasn't doing financially well until the asbestos factories built a textile mill. It then started to thrive until the factory was shut down. ]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960187 Be Aware https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960194 I think that the residents of Ambler should simply be aware of the presence of asbestos and the problems caused by it. Many people do not know this, which is worrying to their health. ]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960194 Ambler was where the first asbestos factory was built. It was very popular because of it strength and fire resistance. It was not considered dangerous and kids and adults had a lot of direct contact with it. Eventually it was found out to be dangerous and it was abandoned, leaving ambler a ghost town https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960208 2017-01-09 12:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960208 Amber was built by Asbestos, and still lives with the consequences. 20lstein https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960219 Asbestos still lies underground today, and the EPA, and residents argue over how to deal with it. It's really amazing that there is no reliable safe way to get rid of it and destroy it.]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960219 any exposure to asbestos is bad exposure https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960227 2017-01-09 12:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960227 ambler, although it seems like a town where the business are very old most of them are relatively new due to asbestos problem! Now it is much cleaner but, risks of the asbestos coming up can happen so it´s important to maintain the efforts to keep ambler clean! https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960230 2017-01-09 12:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960230 A highly desirable material https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960236 It helped with insulation, fire resistance and strong]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960236 Asbestos https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960241 In the late 1800's Richard Mattison invented Asbestos, and set up his company in Ambler. Exposure to it caused lung cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960241 Ambler https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960243 Ambler is currently rebuilding after the decline of Asbestos

]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960243 1930's through 1940's 20dwilliams https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960244 The British and the Germans pathologists made a connection between asbestos and lung cancer
]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960244 Asbestos is a strong fireproof material which is desirable since it could be used for many products https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960276 2017-01-09 12:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960276 Too much exposure increases the chance at lung cancer https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960285 2017-01-09 12:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960285 Ambler https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960336 Ambler was once the asbestos capitol of the world, and the town depended on it. However, people soon realized it caused cancer ]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960336 20mmichels https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960373 kids played in the waste from the factory
]]> 2017-01-09 12:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960373 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960404 The rate of mesothelioma for Ambler residents 3.1 times higher than for those in the rest of Pennsylvania, a state with one of the highest mesothelioma rates in the country.

]]> 2017-01-09 13:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960404 Great Depression https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960432 The stock market crash of 1929 caused K&M to go bankrupt and be sold to a British company.]]> 2017-01-09 13:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960432 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960456 2017-01-09 13:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960456 children would play in "white mountains" https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960484 2017-01-09 13:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960484 The Asbestos King https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960596 After his great discovery, Mattison was crowned the "asbestos king."]]> 2017-01-09 13:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960596 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960628 2017-01-09 13:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960628 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960824 2017-01-09 13:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960824 https://padlet.com/jkelly49/ke7qjku4exft/wish/145960832
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