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| This is what asbestos does to your lungs. |
Fifteen tons of old roofing have been illegally dumped on the streets of the Bayview district in San Francisco, California. Not only has this cost the City thousands of dollars to haul away, but it has also put district residents at risk of exposure to tar and asbestos, which is known to cause lung cancer and
mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lining of the lungs, heart, chest and abdomen.
City workers removed about six truckloads from two separate piles, a task that the Department of Public Works estimated at a cost between $5,000 and $8,000. Public Works and police are offering $1,000 to anyone who can provide enough information for an arrest.
