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It has been 0 days since part of the ceiling at a Red Line station collapsed
By adamg on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:18am
The wiring fire on a train at Charles/MGH this morning wasn't the only, um, excitement on the Red Line this morning. Owen reported:
I’m in red line car car 01717. As the train came into Davis station the ceiling at the very rear of the platform started crumbling with debris falling across the platform and a large cloud of dust. It send me and a handful of others running in case of larger debris.
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Anyone know if these are asbestos tiles?
Ugh
Station opened in 1984
Was asbestos already banned by then?
Nope. Not banned until 1989.
Nope. Not banned until 1989.
https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/asbestos-ban-and-phase-out-federal-register...
...and largely unbanned in
...and largely unbanned in 1991, which is to say, by judicial standards, almost instantly.
I just checked online, and it
I just checked online, and it looks like the answer is that there is not and never has been a ban on asbestos in the USA or Massachusetts. There have been a number of bills introduced in Congress, all of which failed.
Chicken Little
The T reports there was no debris or ceiling collapse. Someone is telling a tall tale, or the T is caught in another lie.
Unacceptable
I live in Davis Square. This has been going on in this station for years. I personally witnessed a piece of the ceiling falling off 6 months ago and filed an online report to the MBTA about it. Heard nothing back. The MBTA is a joke and needs to be super monitored by the feds until it is safe. So annoyed.