What can I do to help?

As a parent, teacher, student, service worker or other school employee, the most important thing you can do first is to learn about your school's asbestos activities. As you do so, remember that the mere presence of asbestos in a school doesn't necessarily mean that the health of its occupants is endangered. Again, asbestos that is managed properly and maintained in good condition poses relatively little risk. Federal regulations do not require the removal of all friable asbestos from schools until the building is demolished. In fact, during the life of a building, other methods of dealing with the material are often preferable to removal.

In those cases when removing asbestos is determined to be the appropriate decision, the work must be done under strict controls by trained, qualified and experienced asbestos professionals who are properly accredited under AHERA.

Source: EPA