Ottawa schools rife with asbestos - Ottawa - CBC News

By Julie Ireton, CBC News Ottawa, February 13, 2017

The teacher

Every school Kim Appel taught at over her 20-year teaching career contained asbestos. Every one.

That's not surprising, though, when you consider that more than 200 schools in Ottawa were built with the ubiquitous construction material in their floors, ceilings, walls and pipes.

Appel, now a health and safety rep with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, isn't afraid of getting sick because she knows how to protect herself from exposure to asbestos.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-schools-rife-with-asbestos-1.3965993

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