Asbestos Exposure at Gateway Arch Closes Museum

An asbestos exposure mishap at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis not only delayed a renovation project at an estimated cost of $350,000, but it also exposed park service employees and others to the cancer-causing mineral. And now there’s uncertainty as to who’s responsible for covering the cost of removing asbestos from the iconic U.S. landmark. After a month-long standstill in response asbestos exposure at the Museum of Westward Expansion, the Gateway Arch’s underground museum, major improvement work resumed Dec. 15. Breathing the microscopic asbestos fibers is known to cause the deadly cancer known as mesothelioma. Workers Initially Unaware of Asbestos Exposure at Gateway Arch Last November, workers with contractor McCarthy Building Companies cut into asbestos insulatio...

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