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Feb 22 2007
Asbestos leak discovered in the area near Maxwell School's office of Citizenship and Public Affairs upsets the officials.
The ceiling on the third floor of the building collapsed and this caused leakage of asbestos in the air last Friday.
Margaret Thompson, an associate professor of history at Syracuse University, said she was very much concerned regarding the issue.
"I'm a lung cancer survivor. The idea of asbestos in the vicinity wasn't really pleasing to me," she said.
While waiting to meet with the professors, the students often sit in the outer area. The area is used for meetings as well.
"It is a little bit frightening. I'm very glad that no one got hurt from the ceiling falling in; if someone had been sitting there - waiting to meet with one of us - they could have gotten really hurt," Margaret said.
The suite was vacated at once after asbestos leakage was found and the material was cleaned up with the special equipment brought in.
Though many damages have been repaired, Thompson is still worried of the remaining asbestos in the building. "I was happy to hear that they fixed it quickly. But it is a little bit disturbing that there's all of this asbestos is still in the walls," she said, "I don't know why they don't just get rid of all of it. I realize that it's expensive, but I think our health is worth it."
Michael Wasylenko, senior associate dean of Maxwell said that the ceiling was collapsed due to stormy weather as a result of which the hazardous material leaked into the air.
"There is a suite of three teacher's offices with an outer area. It was in the outer area where some of the plaster from the ceiling fell," Wasylenko said.
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