state and federal authorities announced in northern Vermont as cleaning hazardous waste from Belvidere Mountain asbestos mine in Lowell and Eden (operated for nearly a century in Vermont) will cost more than $ 0 million. Although the mine has not been in operation for many years, there is still heaps of waste rock containing asbestos, placing residents in neighboring areas at risk of developing asbestos diseases and cancer painful asbestos known as mesothelioma.
Department of Vermont Health has identified that residents living near the mine have higher rates of lung cancer and asbestosis. the asbestos-related disease can remain dormant for 20-50 years, and lung cancer incidence rates are likely to continue to grow.
Vermont Assistant Attorney General John Beling remains the hope that funding for cleaning charges will be pressed against the group of Vermont asbestos, but representatives of the state of the asbestos group that company has no funds or appropriate assets to cover these costs. In addition, the Vermont Assistant Attorney General is looking to another owner of the previous asbestos mine, G-1 Holdings, to recover the costs of cleaning as well. G-1 Holdings is currently in bankruptcy. Although Beling realizes they do not recover 100% of the $ 0 million needed, they will get as much as possible to help cleanup efforts.
The Federal Agency of Environmental Protection has spent nearly $ 2 million last year in the region to stop the waste of minerals from water courses and wetlands to damaging nearby. EPA is trying to decide if the Belvidere Mountain asbestos mine should be added to the Superfund list of the Government, which would make money and support available for federal cleanup.
