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Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia are concerned about potential damaging levels of asbestos in the air because of construction projects on soil that contains asbestos. 
 
When the earth is dug up, asbestos fibers are released with dust particles.  
 
Builders are required to keep the ground moist to minimize dust but there are still concerns about potential health risks from inhaling asbestos in the area.

Building on asbestos soil stirs concerns in Centreville

TimesCommunity.com - 6/8/2006 4:37 PM

Clifton resident Elannah Rood is not allowed to play outside during the day because her mother, Deborah Rood, is afraid the 6-year-old will inhale toxic fibers.
 
Just up from the Roods' home on Braddock Road, construction workers are building King's Chapel on a large deposit of naturally occurring asbestos, a yellowish dirt that contains fibers the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has labeled as “harmful to human health” if released into the air.
 
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