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angryxyouth

(313 posts)
12. I was a demolition contractor
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:18 PM
Oct 30

I also had my asbestos and hazmat supervisor certification. I can assure you that no abatement was done at the White House. First of all, you have to pull permits and submit a work plan for removal. Someone would have noticed polypropylene enclosures and negative air fans with heppa filters. Plus air monitors in different locations as well as guys in tyvek suits and respirators exposing the asbestos removing it by hand or with gloves bags while spraying it down with water and a surfactant. Washing down the pipes Double bagging it labeling it and removing and transporting it in a lined truck. Along with all of the containment materials. Asbestos needs paperwork and must go to a certified dump. There was probably also lead paint which would also need to be surveyed. There would also be test results from whatever hygienist tested the air samples. I thought I read the the demolition debris went to one of the Trump properties so if it contained asbestos it was blowing down the highway and is now at the golf course.

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We don't need no stinking safety measures! Pas-de-Calais Oct 30 #1
It's obvious they did NOT do anything to mitigate asbestos polution of the air in the area Attilatheblond Oct 30 #2
"Move fast and break things" maxsolomon Oct 30 #3
Of course these asshole cut Corners LetMyPeopleVote Oct 30 #4
This president insists asbestos abatement is a scam. He didn't just cut corners, he bulldozed them. Eugene Oct 30 #5
Hope Rebl2 Oct 30 #6
They likely exposed people for miles around. pat_k Oct 30 #7
I am sure RFK Jr will come out with a statement... sheshe2 Oct 30 #8
This is what you do if bluestarone Oct 30 #9
they did have one puny hose wetting down things a little IbogaProject Oct 30 #10
The Magic 8 ball knows: tanyev Oct 30 #11
I was a demolition contractor angryxyouth Oct 30 #12
What you describe is what was done in my federal building back during Obama's "ARRA"-funded renovations BumRushDaShow Oct 31 #16
Someone should find that worker fast Diraven Oct 30 #13
I hope that Orange Donny got a great big ol' lung full of that dust. Marie Marie Oct 30 #14
I recall being warned about HUGE, punitive... BurnDoubt Oct 30 #15
There's doubt? Ray Bruns Oct 31 #17
Rest assured Asbestos WAS involved... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 31 #18
The risk of asbestos in Gaza's rubble womanofthehills Oct 31 #19
If they didn't I hope Krasnov got a deep breath of it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 31 #20
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