Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind
Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019
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| author | Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela) |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1237882021-07-17T02:05:25Z Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind Little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela) Toby Lester. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2019 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references. Ambler, Pennsylvania, a small town in the suburbs of Philadelphia, was formerly known as the asbestos capital of the world. After production ceased, large amounts of waste were left behind. Once portion of that waste, now known as the BoRit site, wasn't named as an EPA Superfund site until 2009. What follows is an examination of how the site was remediated, and the whether or not the safety of the animals and the resident is still in any jeopardy from the asbestos that remains underground. by Gina Vitale. S.M. in Science Writing S.M.inScienceWriting Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing 2020-02-10T22:51:51Z 2020-02-10T22:51:51Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123788 1139317998 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 23 pages ; application/pdf n-us-pa Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Vitale, Gina(Gina Carmela) Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title | Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title_full | Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title_fullStr | Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title_short | Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| title_sort | asbestos usa a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world now it grapples with the waste that was left behind |
| topic | Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123788 |
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