Hazardous substance revealed in preparations for Summer Olympic Games in Japan
Individual sports
- 30 December, 2019
- 08:10
A dangerous substance has been revealed at Tokyo Water Sports Center that will host the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in 2020.
Report informs citing the Asahi that this material is asbestos. Though the contact with the substance has been removed, Tokyo City Hall intends to take action on the matter since this material causes cancer.
Asbestos is used against fire in construction. It came out two years ago but did not harm people because it was inaccessible. Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics from July 24 to August 9. Maksym Shembereev has won a license for the Olympic Games in Azerbaijan.
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