Havre safety committee discusses City Hall heavy metal remediation

The Havre City Safety Committee met Wednesday and heard an evaluation of asbestos and heavy metal levels at City Hall, particularly the Havre Fire Department, an evaluation that found no dangerous contamination in the air, but did find concerning levels of surface contamination.

Industrial Hygienist Keith Cron of Hygienix LLC said he's been performing tests in various areas of the building in the past few months at the request of the city and he wanted to give a rundown of his findings.

The issues regarding asbestos and lead at the fire department were the subject of a controversy earlier...