Playing with asbestos in Ellwood City: Town's illness rates being ... -
In September, federal officials distributed a health alert to people in Ellwood City about the potential harm from asbestos exposure from the waste rocks discarded by the Grace plant. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a sister agency of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an investigative arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, was unaware of the existence of the playground until it received a telephone call from Mr. Foley.
As a result, agency officials set up a public meeting this week to learn from people firsthand about their exposure to the waste rock at the playground and whether they had taken any of the rock home for use in driveways or yards. About 50 people attended the meeting in the Ellwood City mun
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