According to The Times-Picayune, after a landfill turned away the waste from the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola recently, lived, it was revealed that asbestos was amongst 10 hazardous materials that had been dumped in Louisiana landfills within the last year.
In addition to asbestos, which is the only known cause of mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer that is currently incurable, the other materials The Times-Picayune discovered were dumped in Louisiana landfills, include:
- Arsenic
- Dioxin
- Lead
- Cadmium
- Barium
- Bromine
- Mercury
- Manganese
- Hydrogen fluoride
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Source: http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2014/10/10_actually_hazardous_material.html