Asbestos tiles were recently found in Hearnes Hall, but Phsyical Plant Director Bob Harrington said there’s little to worry about.”Unless you break the floor tile up into real fine dust and throw it up in the air and breathe it, it’s not going to hurt you,” Harrington said, “But it’s a federal requirement that it [...]
Asbestos tiles is a group of six fibrous minerals that occur naturally in metamorphic deposits located around the world. Of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety, the six types include tremolite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, chrysotile asbestos, amosite asbestos and crocidolite asbestos. Asbestos is a chemically inert mineral that is fire resistanct and does [...]