this article references it
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060708/bob9.asp

and links to the ffx county website which doesn't work

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asbintro.htm

I stumbled upon it while browsing wikipedia.

Interesting that the information is no longer available on the Fairfax County website. Fortunately archive.org's "Way Back Machine" caught a copy before it was removed: http://web.archive.org/web/20070930215321/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asb/

Just in case that ever goes down I've grabbed a copy of the map they provided of naturally occurring asbestos locations:


(click to enlarge)

- Cary

Thanks cary

dammit... cary beat me too it.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

I remember back around 1990 when Shirley Gate Rd. was widened and all the precautions taken from this. White suits, decon showers, etc.

couldnt wait for the archived version...

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asb/pdf/tbrdpubfin.pdf

thanks for finding all that stuff, i found that several years ago and of course then the county got rid of it from their site (they do that a lot evidently...)

i remember a thing about how when they built Cville HS, somebody bitched out the county and they had to pay an assload of money to haul a boatload of dirt over to Vienna and they used it to build the Nutley street interchange and the metro stop. That would also explain the reason Cville HS is 3 stories tall (less dirt to dig out). I always wondered that.

the county website works now- they took off the .htm so the link now works:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asb/

anyways heres a map of stuff
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asb/maps/48-2-01.jpg and http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/asb/maps/66-1-01.jpg damn thats a lot of asbestos

Removal?

KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> i remember a thing about how when they built
> Cville HS, somebody bitched out the county and
> they had to pay an assload of money to haul a
> boatload of dirt over to Vienna and they used it
> to build the Nutley street interchange and the
> metro stop.

So they just moved it from one place to another??? What happens when they need to update that interchange???

The real concern in this area, is radon, especially if you have a basement, but it can affect any home. That crap will give you lung cancer quick. Get your houses checked out. When it decays, it leaves behind polonium 218 and 214 particles which you breathe in. There is a suspected link between radon and leukemia...and it's the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Kind of makes you wonder why people were clawing each other's eyes out to get that $800,000 1,500 sq foot home in Vienna right on top of decaying uranium deposits. Adds a new twist to "location, location, location!"

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/radon
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/air/radon.htm



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Holy crap trogdor.

Do you have any info on what the colors mean and how much Radon or radiation they give off?

I'm in a yellow zone, but what does that mean? I live a day longer?

Im in a red zone. Stop your complaining.

KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> Im in a red zone. Stop your complaining.


So I get to live one day longer???

longer than me anyways. YOu consider youtself lucky that you will live longer than me

Whoa!

That's scary.

Time to move.