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A recent episode involving asbestos insulation in Harvard's dining halls illustrates this contrast Powers was disturbed by two Union officials' tour of Harvard kitchens last week in search of holes and tears in elastic lining sealing asbestos insulation on pipes. He was also unhappy that the union released its...
Diberardinis said that eve in that pipe lining was covering asbestos, such small holes would probable not cause a health hazard. "My guess would be no, but it would have to be looked at," he said.
Kenney said she found five or six holes at the Business School's Kresge Dining Hall, ranging from small tears in insulation lining to 1/4 inch holes. "There must be at least one hole in each dining hall" across the campus, she estimated.
That incident--which Kenney cites as an example of Harvard's slow responses--involved hole in pipe lining in a food service tunnel which has since been sealed, Diberardinis said.
The summer work was part of a long term program the University is engaged in to remove asbestos insulation or wrap it in a permanent lining, officials said. The University did this work in several dining halls this summer and will continue the work during breaks and future summers, Diberardinis...