Asbestos At Smithsonian Subject Of Congressional Hearing

“A member of Congress said yesterday that he would hold a hearing to investigate health-and-safety allegations regarding the handling of asbestos at the Smithsonian Institution. … [National Air and Space] Museum lighting specialist Richard Pullman, 53, filed a federal whistleblower claim yesterday with the Office of Special Counsel alleging that the institution retaliated by effectively demoting him for reporting workplace-safety violations.”