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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,085 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:23 PM Aug 2019

Ivanka Trump to move out of her office in the White House because the ceiling might have asbestos.

White House advisers, including first daughter Ivanka Trump, senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, and policy aide Stephen Miller, have had to temporarily move out of their White House offices during renovations as a "precautionary measure."

The ceiling and attic on the second floor of the West Wing could contain asbestos, as Bloomberg first reported Wednesday.

Asbestos is a fibrous, mineral-based building material that is toxic to humans when inhaled. It is linked to lung cancer. Here's what you need to know.

Several of the most high-profile offices at the White House are empty, after $250,000 renovations underway at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue sparked fears that asbestos dust could be floating through the Trump administration's breathing air.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/ivanka-trump-had-to-move-out-of-her-office-in-the-white-house-because-the-ceiling-might-be-contaminated-with-asbestos--heres-why-thats-concerning/ar-AAG7GYs?li=BBnbfcL

Hey if Donny thinks asbestos is okay for the rest of us it should be okay for his princess.

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Ivanka Trump to move out of her office in the White House because the ceiling might have asbestos. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Idiot Ivonka asbestos is no problem unless it's disturbed. we can do it Aug 2019 #1
Well, since they are doing renovations to their offices SoCalNative Aug 2019 #2
🤪Reading for comprehension fail🤣 we can do it Aug 2019 #3
The White House will need a fumigation tent after DFT leaves RainCaster Aug 2019 #4
She's calling herself asbestos or mold?!1 UTUSN Aug 2019 #5
Probably moving her out for her own safety doc03 Aug 2019 #6
With tRump setting the stage for an insanity defense, everyone ReformedGOPer Aug 2019 #7
Huh? Russian mining firm puts Trump's face on its asbestos products malaise Aug 2019 #8
Festivus asbestos for the rest of us Blue Owl Aug 2019 #9

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
2. Well, since they are doing renovations to their offices
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:37 PM
Aug 2019

it IS possible that the asbestos (if it exists) might be exposed and disturbed.

RainCaster

(10,679 posts)
4. The White House will need a fumigation tent after DFT leaves
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:39 PM
Aug 2019

We can do that work then, along with exterminating all the cockroaches and other vermin he brought in.

malaise

(267,808 posts)
8. Huh? Russian mining firm puts Trump's face on its asbestos products
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 07:58 PM
Aug 2019

Isn't there some Russian asbestos with his name?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/asbestos-trump-face-seal-uralasbest-russia

Donald Trump’s environmental policies may have caused controversy in the US but the president’s stance has managed to get him a literal stamp of approval from a Russian mining company.

Uralasbest, one of the world’s largest producers and sellers of asbestos, has taken to adorning pallets of its product with a seal of Trump’s face, along with the words “Approved by Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States”.

The move follows the US Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision not to ban new asbestos products outright. The EPA said it would evaluate new uses of asbestos but environmental groups have criticized the agency for not going further by barring them on public health grounds.


In a Facebook post, Uralasbest published pictures of its Trump-adorned chrysotile asbestos, writing: “Donald is on our side!” The post thanks Trump for supporting Scott Pruitt, the recently departed head of the EPA, “who declared that his agency would no longer deal with matters related to side effects potentially caused by asbestos”. It adds that Trump called asbestos “100% safe after application”.
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Clearly this is a family of lunatics

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