Seven hundred boy scout campers will have to find a new place to camp this summer after their old Vermont campsite was shut down. The ground is not safe at the camp site because of high levels of asbestos.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned the scouts of the danger of asbestos contamination, so the head of the scouts decided to close the camp at the Mount Norris Scout Reservation. The camp is about three and a half miles away from an abandoned mine where asbestos was found according to the Scout Executive Richard Stockton.
The Vermont Department of Health posted a report this past winter stating that the residents in the area around the mine were at risk. The scare lightened a little, but the scouts wanted to make sure there was no asbestos by taking tests of the ground. The asbestos exposure can cause cancer called mesothelioma which is nearly always fatal.
Stockton reported that, “There was enough of it that was in the questionable range, that we wanted to make sure that no matter what our kids and our families and our staff were protected.â€Â He hopes the camp will be ready by next January since the EPA is working to clean the area up.
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