8 thoughts on “Naturally Occurring Asbestos Meeting”

1. I live in Boulder City almost 40 years and most of the time I used, for cooling, an evaporative cooler, also known as a swamp cooler.
   The cooler is connected to a water source and the filters within the cooler are washed down by the water creating a double filtration of air. I use it today and the air in my house is very clean even though I live right off the desert. This might be part of a solution for people worried about asbestos particulates. I believe they would get trapped in the filters and washed down by the water. Something to test.

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   1. Phyllis,
      I think the size of the asbestos fibers are small enough, (~ 0.5 microns) that the filters on a swamp cooler would not remove them from the air even with water. High-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filters are the only air filtration system that effectively removes these very small fibers from the air. Just as a matter of scale, a red blood cell is about 10 microns in diameter. If anyone else has a better explanation, please reply.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEPA

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2. What exactly is the road map and milestones that will lead us to expanded studies, actionable evidence and well well informed decisions?
   During the meeting an area was identified that would possibly trigger action by the federal government if it were in Libby Montana. While I firmly believe my tax dollars should benefit the good citizens of Libby Montana, I also believe my tax dollars will be well spent in my backyard to determine the need for further action.
   It seems we have two paths. One includes concerned citizens and a proactive local government, and the other consists of concerned citizens who bypass local government to represent themselves.
   Again, I’m looking for specific steps and milestones. Steps and milestones that don’t include waiting 20 years to see if our children become evidence that more should have been done in 2015.

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3. Thanks for hosting a very informative meeting 9/1. Does anyone know how many of our Boulder City representatives were in attendance? For example…
   City Manager J. David Fraser
   Mayor Rod Woodbury
   Councilman Cam Walker
   Councilman Duncan McCoy
   Councilwoman Peggy Leavitt
   Councilman Rich Shuman
   Planning Commission

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   1. I was at the meeting. I didnt see any of them, and I was looking for them too. They SHOULD have been there! The towns people should be questioning why they were not there.

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      1. Monday evening, the 12th of September at 7:00 pm I have reserved the public room for us to meet for an hour. As you are all probably aware of by now, we the Southern Nevada Citizen Action Group believe that involving southern Nevada residents is critical for meaningful and successful research to be accomplished.

         It is my hope we can visit about some ideas for reducing potential exposure to naturally occurring asbestos.

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4. Not that I trust the EPA, but has anyone contacted them about this? Not only as a health risk but maybe for funding to research this as well?
   What about stopping the I-11 from being built due to these findings? I know its the state and they have more money than we can imagine but I think a town getting together and saying no has a lot of power.
   I know we all have been enjoying this desert through the years and thats fine. I feel this is much more then riding a quad in the desert and kicking up some dirt. The state is moving MASSIVE amounts of dirt and rock in addition to BLASTING entire rock mountains for this road. Something needs to be done.
   I’m not willing to risk my family’s health and be the states test rat for asbestos exposure.

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