asbestos content Articles
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Selwood Housing – Case Study
Project Highlights After a successful tendering process, Envirochem was awarded the contract to provide surveying and analytical services to Selwood Housing. Envirochem are responsible for organising a large number of management surveys of various Housing stock in the relevant timescales. Additional analytical services include bulk analysis of bulk materials for asbestos content, air testing and ...
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Asbestos and Man-made Mineral Fibres in Buildings: Practical Guidance
Contents Key Points 1: Introduction 2: What are asbestos and man-made mineral fibres? 3: Where are these materials used? 4: What are the risks to health? 5: How to identify and assess materials containing mineral fibres 6: How to manage fibrous materials in buildings 7: Advice on problems involving asbestos 8: Disposal of asbestos waste 9: Common questions and answers 10: Bibliography Annex ...
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Ground Zero Air Quality Has A Long Way To Go! A Summary of Air Quality Testing in Surrounding Buildings
There are still a wide range of concerns about air quality in the vicinity of Ground Zero. Many commercial and residential spaces have yet to be re-occupied. In only a few cases has any sort of inspection or testing been done to determine if they are safe to occupy. The greatest concerns are asbestos and the very irritating concrete dust that spread throughout lower Manhattan during the collapse ...
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Protecting reputation across your supply chain
In the words of Benjamin Franklin: "It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it." Some of the key risks that can expose businesses to reputational damage are: health and safety, environmental performance, operational disruption and commercial problems. While many companies have these risks well controlled within their own business, there can be cracks ...
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Asbestos in cigarettes
The original version of the Kent Micronite cigarette filter used crocidolite, a form of asbestos, from 1952 until at least mid-1956. Cigarettes from intact, unopened packs of the brand from this period were examined. One filter contained approximately 10 mg of crocidolite. Crocidolite structures were found in the mainstream smoke from the first two puffs of each cigarette smoked. At the observed ...
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