Asbestos Problem In the High School (Fictional)

Back in the 1960's, when the Sparta High School was built, there was asbestos built inside of the tiling and roofing. At the time, the constructors were not bothered by this because that was the popular textiles. It was a popular textile because it was cheap and insulted the building better. All around the country schools were built and the man-made fibers were inside of the tiles. Finally, in the early 1980's, people were aware of asbestos and started to rebuild schools. There were many businesses that had asbestos in them but schools were the ones to really make the change and tear out the tiles and some roofing. Even though it is expensive to replace the tiling and roofing, schools cannot take a big chance with how serious of a problem this could be.

Dale Stafslien, a staff member at the Sparta High School, came in a class and explained the situation to a class to let the students know what is happening. Stafslien said, "The best way to save money to replace the tiles and roofing was to simply wait for things to break. Once they broke they had to be replaced anyway so the new tiles and roofing that came in did not have the asbestos problem. "

There is suppose to be a room that has this problem. What will happen is the school will hire agencies to get rid of all the fibers that are in the room. They will come in orange suits, face masks, and air tanks. the room will be sealed off so no one will be able to go in there unless they are working replacing the roofing or tiles. To get people from getting fibers in their lungs, there will be a 24 hour precaution. This is going to help people from being infected by asbestos.

Stafslien also said, "If someone were to get asbestos and it was proven they got it from the high school, the high school have to cover their medical bills. If the person is a smoker or is around smoking, their chances of getting asbestos in their lungs will be higher than people who do not smoke or are not around people who do smoke. If the person who gets asbestos is or around a smoker, the school is not responsible for covering their medical bills because they already had complications before they got asbestos."

Finally, Stafslien said, "If asbestos gets in your lungs, the fibers attach onto the lungs and will make your lungs smaller. If your lungs get smaller you will have less air going in and out of them which makes it a lot harder to breathe."

Asbestos is not contagious but it can easily be spread to your lungs through the air from the tiles or roofing. Fibers will go unnoticed and you will be breathe them in and eventually they will take over your lungs. There is no healing this so it will always be hard to breathe.