By order of Mayor Judy Paul, asbestos-laden pipes will be removed from a closed mobile home park in Davie, Florida. This has been the response to worries that park reconstruction might trigger a release of the asbestos and increase the risk of exposing residents to fatal asbestos related diseases, such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, also known as asbestos cancer because it is caused almost exclusively by exposure to asbestos.

Any work that might bother the toxic material could discharge asbestos fibers, putting people around the work-site at risk of asbestos cancer, which is almost always fatal and affects the lining of the chest cavity, lungs and abdomen. Mesothelioma treatment is quite aggressive and includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

On other occasions town employees stated that asbestos-cement pipes used for drinking water and sewer lines for Palma Nova Mobile Home Park were safe for future drinking water, but now there seems to have been a change of heart. It will cost the town about $30,000 to pinpoint and remove the asbestos pipes, which ultimately sends the message that the piping is anything but safe.

Four of Davie’s council members have stated that they had no idea that the land contained asbestos pipes when they accorded purchasing it for about $12.5 million in December. The town council still has to approve the removal plan before action is taken.

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