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It has been 0 days since part of the ceiling at a Red Line station collapsed

By adamg on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:18am

The wiring fire on a train at Charles/MGH this morning wasn't the only, um, excitement on the Red Line this morning. Owen reported:

I’m in red line car car 01717. As the train came into Davis station the ceiling at the very rear of the platform started crumbling with debris falling across the platform and a large cloud of dust. It send me and a handful of others running in case of larger debris.

Neighborhoods: 
Somerville
Topics: 
The T
Free tagging: 
Red Line
Davis Square


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By robo on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 11:31am.

Ugh

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By Ron Newman on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:01pm.

Was asbestos already banned by then?

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By anon on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:03pm.

Nope. Not banned until 1989.

https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/asbestos-ban-and-phase-out-federal-register...

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By xyz on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:18pm.

...and largely unbanned in 1991, which is to say, by judicial standards, almost instantly.

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By xyz on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:17pm.

I just checked online, and it looks like the answer is that there is not and never has been a ban on asbestos in the USA or Massachusetts. There have been a number of bills introduced in Congress, all of which failed.

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By anon on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 1:14pm.

The T reports there was no debris or ceiling collapse. Someone is telling a tall tale, or the T is caught in another lie.

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By Dallas on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 2:50pm.

I live in Davis Square. This has been going on in this station for years. I personally witnessed a piece of the ceiling falling off 6 months ago and filed an online report to the MBTA about it. Heard nothing back. The MBTA is a joke and needs to be super monitored by the feds until it is safe. So annoyed.

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