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Should I be worried that for the last week the MTA has been removing asbestos from the Subway station I live above?

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 3 '13, 13:45

They have this truck that they park outside my apartment that has an asbestos warning on it and they bring out bags of things and throw them into the truck.

What I'm worried about is the asbestos being in the air and breathing it in.
The MTA is doing a lot of repair work on the station and there are asbestos warning in the station but I'm worried it's getting up here.

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As long as the bags stay closed and they've set up the remocal right. - the liioulu ithout a w Jul 3, 13:59
Thanks guys. Asbestos freaks me out a bit. - Krusty Jul 3, 13:54
i dont think there is a lot of risk really, its probably very well sealed and such. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 3, 13:51
in theory, they should have removal process and technology that minimizes the asbestos going airborne -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 13:47
all your local tv stations have consumer investigation reporters. call one and ask -- nm - peglegpete Jul 3, 13:47 13
- well this isn't on the level of having his garbage pickup cut to one day a week -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 13:48 12
  - and, as we found out yesterday, Krusty has a LOT of garbage -- nm - peglegpete Jul 3, 13:49 11
    - Heh. Is three bags a week a lot? - Krusty Jul 3, 13:50 10
      - its just me, but i maybe fill 1 bag 2/3 of the way a week - tRuMaN Jul 3, 13:51 6
        
        My recycling I only need to dump every other week. - Krusty Jul 3, 13:52 5
        
        do you get a lot of takeout? -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 13:53 4
        
        Nearly none. We cook almost all of our food. - Krusty Jul 3, 13:55 3
        
        I seem to generate more trash when I cook, oddly. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 13:57 2
        
        Huh. Once I start composting it should be much less since there won't be anymore food in the trash. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 13:59
        
        Makes sense - more leftover ingredients, peelings, food wrappings, etc -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 13:58
      - just regular kitchen bags? or big black bags? -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 13:51 2
        
        Regular white kitchen bags. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 13:51 1
        
        I do one big black bag a week; it tends to contain five or six white bags, half of which are cat litter. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 14:03
Why did I caplitalize subway? Oops. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 13:46

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