They included a January random sampling of employees for asbestos fibers and a 1998 geological survey that concluded an extremely small amount of tremolite exists, but is unlikely to present a hazard during processing. But for some residents, even one tremolite fiber is too much, said Claire Cifelli, whose neighborhood was abuzz yesterday over the test results. She vowed to continue pressing the municipal government to more forcefully regulate the quarry. They should put a restraining order on this quarry or limit its hours of operation. 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, NJ Lower level of Administration Building.
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The Canadian study warns that the U.S. could lose most of its freshwater species in the next century if steps are not taken to protect them. Relatively little media attention has been given to freshwater species, the authors say, but these animals are in at least as much danger as land species. Since 1900, at least 123 freshwater animal species have been recorded as extinct in North America. Common freshwater species, from snails to fish to amphibians, are dying out five times faster than land species, and three times faster than coastal marine mammals, the researchers found. Freshwater animals are dying out as fast as rainforest species, considered by many to be the most imperiled on Earth.