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Adjacent to the men's locker room is the men'sbathroom, which also has large holes in itsceiling. The ceiling tile is flaking above theurinals, which officers complain leak, causingfloor tiling to buckle...
Police Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy, the actingchief, said yesterday that the maintenanceproblems were temporary inconveniences stemmingfrom the installation of a handicapped rampoutside the station. He said the tile in the men'sand women's bathrooms was replaced a month ago,and that the new tile does not contain asbestos...
Photographs of the women's room, however, showthe tiles there to be almost identical to the tilein the locker room, which has been in place foryears. Asked about the deteriorating condition ofthe bathroom tile in the women's room, Murphysaid, "it gets beat up real fast." The actingchief also said that the locker room tile willsoon be replaced...
...women's bathrooms, asbestos-containingfloor tile and mastic, a resin-like cement oftenused with such tiles, shows heavy damage. Sometiles are cracked and buckling, others are dustyand flaking...
...Tiles are visibly decaying. Some are brokeninto pieces. And according to Harvard's ownasbestos report of the building, such crumblingmay make the asbestos in the tile "friable,"releasing it into the air and making it moredangerous...