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 09-Mar-2007 The Field House was closed for three hours on Friday to remove the asbestos-filled insulation and to replace it with non-asbestos insulation. Traces of asbestos had been discovered on the brittle insulation of a hot water pipe the last Thursday when a routine water leak in the Towne Field House was being fixed.

 

Irene Addision, associate vice president for Facilities and Auxiliary Services said that nobody was exposed to the carcinogenic substance.

 

"There was never any risk to the users of the building as the leak did not cause the asbestos to become friable," said Addison. Any damage to the insulation could have caused health hazards.

 

"Harmful exposure to asbestos is primarily through inhalation of air-borne particles. If the pipes were wrapped in asbestos that was encapsulated and not leaking particles into the air, there probably would be low risk. However, if the wrapping around the pipes was in poor condition and exposed in a way to release particles into the air, it very well might pose a hazard to not only athletes, but any other people and critters with lungs that breathed the air nearby," said Henry Art, professor of biology.

 

Asbestos had been once used extensively for the manufacture of certain thing as it's hazards were unknown to people then. Now it's been banned in many countries.

Though the damaged insulation was replaced, there is no plan to remove the remaining insulation at the moment as it is protected by a metal covering.

 

"I expect the Towne Field House will be addressed as part of the athletic master planning process. The asbestos would be removed during the renovation or demolition process," Addison said.