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Article: Klamath Falls families who live atop asbestos site to be moved.
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- ORian
- Article date:
- April 29, 2005
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Byline: Brent Walth
Apr. 29--The federal government will take the extraordinary step to temporarily relocate as many as 27 Klamath Falls families whose homes sit on top of an asbestos burial site.
The families of the North Ridge Estates subdivision had asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to move them after recent air studies determined that children face health risks from microscopic asbestos fibers if they play in the dirt.
The $300,000 move could affect 84 people, including 30 children and teenagers. EPA officials say they eventually can charge the costs to the subdivision's developer, who homeowners say failed to disclose the ...