Oregon State Hospital has been fined for violating state environmental regulations governing asbestos. Hospital authorities failed to inform a contractor installing a new water line that the old pipeline they were excavating contained asbestos. A 1990 survey documented where the amosite asbestos -containing pipeline lay on the hospital campus. Asbestos causes mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. Asbestos diseases do not develop until many years after exposure.
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