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The Peak looks into asbestos on campus

Written by: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Many of SFU’s Burnaby campus buildings were constructed using asbestos-containing materials (ACM). ACM causes health hazards when disturbed; with activities such as construction, ACM can become airborne and dangerous.  With the current construction on Burnaby campus, SFU’s Environmental Health & Safety department has been regulating and assessing the handling of asbestos to ensure healthy air quality.  In a statement to The Peak, Chief Safety Officer of SFU, Mark LaLonde, explained how SFU is regulating the ACM handling and how this information is being communicated to the SFU community.  “We removed asbestos-containing materials from any…

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