The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1989 Page: 3 of 16
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989 3
Fondren safety
hazard resolved
To the editors:
During the course of the 1987 fall semester,
the hazards of asbestos contamination became
a concern due to the removal being carried out
throughout Fondren library. We were particu-
larly concerned about the basement because it
remained open,yet was not cleaned of gross
debris for many months which was only re-
moved after our complaint was filed.
As we understood it, asbestos abatement is
a difficult but not necessarily hazardous under-
taking for either workers of the public.
"Contamination" is indicated when a high
concentration of asbestos fibers are measured
in air samples, which can be determined
through laboratory testing of suspected mate-
rials and the air. Testing done last May found
two types of material to contain hazardous
percentages of asbestos.
Once the complaint was filed, we were
immediately contacted by A1 Pfeiffer, Staff
Architect for the Physical Plant who arranged
a meeting where we were shown copies of lab
reports stating there was not any air contami-
nation. Butitwasdisclosedthatthere had been
inadvertent distrubance of asbestos material
by workers. It was agreed to carry out further
testing to assure that the library was safe. As
yet undocumented official results of these
tests verify that the air in the library meets the
quality standards established by the EPA's
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Recovery Act
(AH ERA).
We hope this has set a precedent for a
continued dialogue with the administration
which will help to assure that safety precau-
tion sat Rice are always apriority. Let this letter
serve as a call to all of us to be diligent in our
efforts to offer input to the formation of ethical
standards on the Rice campus.
Melissa Cefkin
Kim Laughlin
RiceThresbe:
Patrick McGarrity, Joel Sendek
Editors-in-Ch ief
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1989, newspaper, January 27, 1989; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245711/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.