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Christian School Used Children To Clear Dangerous Asbestos – Without Protective Gear (VIDEO)
2013/01/12
By Wendy Gittleson

A Christian school in Ohio is under criminal investigation for one cost-cutting measure; a measure which could cut some students’ lives painfully short.

The students, some as young as 13, participated in a volunteer project which involved gutting an old YWCA in preparation for the building becoming the new site of their school, the Buckeye Education School in Berea, OH. The project took place over several weekends and the walls of the YWCA were filled with the deadly substance, asbestos. The students wore no protective gear.

Ohio and federal law requires that school and public building asbestos abatement is performed by trained and accredited personnel.

A neighbor to the YWCA, and an asbestos abatement professional, Darren Clink, shot a video of the students as they removed asbestos filled debris with buckets and a front-end loader. From WKYC:


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Here’s the video: [Sooz comment: video accessible via end link]

Buckeye Education is overseen by Sterling Education, whose vision statement ironically includes, “adequately funded academic programs and safe, well-maintained, proper school facilities.” Both Buckeye and Sterling have declined to comment on the situation.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring material that was commonly used in building construction until about the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is still used in some automotive brakes and clutches. Asbestos has not been banned in the US and it is still mined in Canada and Russia.

Asbestos is harmless until it becomes airborne. While the substance itself is not toxic, it can lodge itself in the lungs and even a single fiber can cause inflammation and scarring, which can lead to a variety of lung problems, including cancer.

While the students will be immediately x-rayed and tested, the effects of asbestos exposure could take as long as 30 years to manifest.

Asbestos exposure does not mean automatic problems. Nearly everyone has and does inhale asbestos, but for the majority of people, the fibers never lodge themselves into the lungs. Of course, the odds of contamination dramatically increase as the length and/or volume of asbestos exposure increases.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/12/christian-school-used-children-to-clear-dangerous-asbestos-without-protective-gear-video/

What that school did was highly illegal.
They should be shut down whether they are found to be criminally guilty or not.

This situation is rife with ignorance--one doesn't know what one will get into in a demo/rehab situation but generally, the older the building, the more likely the presence of asbestos...

Years ago we didn't realize the dangers of asbestos but in this day and age the school should have had the regulators come and check for the presence of asbestos before the demolition began...hindsight. The school was completely negligent and violated all sorts of laws (including OSHA? regardless if it was volunteer) and will be liable for these students' health issues for years to come.

they should get sued out of existence.

Religious institutions don't have to follow man's laws or have governmint intrude on their business. If the kids get sick it's the fulfillment of God's will.
I'm sure there's some chapter about asbestos in the bible.

Shadrach, Mechak and Abenego were equipped by God with asbestos suits when King Nedbuchadnezzar cast them into the fiery furnace. The survived the furnace, subsequently died of mesothelioma.