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Asbestos is still with us: repeat call for a universal ban

All forms of asbestos are proven human carcinogens. All forms of asbestos cause malignant mesothelioma and lung, laryngeal and ovarian cancers, and may cause gastrointestinal and other cancers. No exposure to asbestos is without risk. Nonetheless, a large number of countries still use, import and export asbestos and asbestos-containing products. And in many countries that have banned other forms ...

Dec. 15, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

EPA Announces Final SNUR for Asbestos Will “Close Loophole and Protect Consumers”

On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final significant new use rule (SNUR) for asbestos using the definition in Title II, Section 202 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which defines asbestos as the “asbestiform varieties of six fiber types -- chrysotile (serpentine), crocidolite (riebeckite), amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, ...

Apr. 18, 2019

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Asbestos exposure and your job: at-risk occupations, industries and locations

Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma cancer and others. A potentially dangerous exposure can result from very small fibers at low exposure levels. Most such exposure would likely have occurred prior to the 1980s, but the latency period can be up to 40 years for most asbestos-related cancers to develop. Many people have come into contact with ...

Feb. 20, 2008

By Kazan, McClain, Satterley, Lyons, Greenwood & Oberman, A Professional Law Corporation

Asbestos Exposure and Your Job: At-Risk Occupations, Industries and Locations

Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma cancer and others. A potentially dangerous exposure can result from very small fibers at low exposure levels. Most such exposure would likely have occurred prior to the 1980s, but the latency period can be up to 40 years for most asbestos-related cancers to develop. (See more information on screening.) ...

Jul. 6, 2007

By Kazan, McClain, Satterley, Lyons, Greenwood & Oberman, A Professional Law Corporation

Packaged Chemicals Pose Asbestos-type Health Risk

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Jan. 11, 2013

By GenEon Australia

Charles M. Auer Quoted By Inside EPA Regarding Reorganization Of EPA`s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

On June 4, 2018, Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), was quoted in the Inside EPA article “Eying 2018 Deadline, EPA Taps New Division Heads For Reorganized OPPT.” The new reorganization plan is winning approval from former officials. Charles Auer, former director of OPPT and now with the law firm of Bergeson & ...

Jun. 4, 2018

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

How to deal with asbestos exposure in your workplace: advice for industrial workers

At one point, more than 75 different industries exposed workers to asbestos. Even though these industries have been made safer by regulations from the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, many workers still come in contact with asbestos products that remain at their jobsites. Although most industrial employees face some form of asbestos exposure risks during their career, ...

Jun. 11, 2012

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

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 ...

Feb. 1, 2000

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Asbestos in Dusts Can Pose Health and Safety Issues for Building Occupants

Asbestos was used heavily in many building materials in the United States up until the mid-1980s. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Asbestos fibers may be released into the air by the disturbance of asbestos-containing material during product use, demolition work, building or home maintenance, repair, and remodeling.” The EPA goes on to report, ...

Feb. 18, 2013

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

How to Deal with Asbestos Exposure in Your Workplace: Advice for Managers

Industrial mangers are faced with hundreds of responsibilities each day. Ensuring worker safety should be at the top of their priority list – especially when it comes to asbestos. Do you work in management at a construction site or industrial occupation? Here’s what you can do to promote asbestos safety: Conduct daily or periodic monitoring. Unless a manager can demonstrate that ...

Jun. 13, 2012

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

New CDM Regs: Be careful for what you wish for, advises expert

New CDM Regulations came into force this month (April 6) to tackle among other matters the unacceptably high number of people suffering from workplace dust and emission ailments (more than 13,000 says the HSE)* but they also signal an end to CDM co-ordinators. So, what now for building site safety? asks Gareth Billinghurst, director and senior auditor at online safety legislation experts Cedrec. ...

Apr. 1, 2015

By Cedrec Information Systems Ltd.

Identifying Naturally Occurring Asbestos Hazards at Worksites

Asbestos is the name given to a group of six different fibrous minerals that occur naturally in the environment. These minerals can be found in soil and rock formations in many regions of the Western United States. The term naturally occurring asbestos, or NOA, refers to the mineral as a natural component of soils or rocks as opposed to asbestos in commercial products, mining or processing ...

Aug. 3, 2015

By Clark Seif Clark Inc.

Forgotten asbestos mine sickens Indian villagers

Asbestos waste spills in a gray gash down the flank of a lush green hill above tribal villages that are home to thousands in eastern India. Three decades after the mines were abandoned, nothing has been done to remove the enormous, hazardous piles of broken rocks and powdery dust left behind. In Roro Village and nearby settlements, people who never worked in the mines are dying of lung disease. ...

Dec. 22, 2014

By Associated Press

`A pack in your pocket and a cigarette in your mouth`

Not only did he smoke, but he was required to smoke - on the job. Jim McEvoy told this to Firm principal, Victoria Edises, twenty years ago, long before the secret documents of the tobacco industry had been made public. Back then, when asbestos plaintiffs' attorneys were emboldened to sue tobacco companies, they were overwhelmed with motions, interrogatories and depositions, awash in a ...

Apr. 11, 2007

By Kazan, McClain, Satterley, Lyons, Greenwood & Oberman, A Professional Law Corporation

Asbestos Diseases

What happens when we breathe? When we take a deep breath, the air goes down the wind-pipe (or trachea) into the middle of the chest. There the trachea divides into two, then four, then eight - and finally, hundreds of thousands of little airways (or bronchi and bronchioles) in each lung. At the end of each airway is a tiny sac (or alveolus.) Healthy lungs have hundreds of millions of these ...

Jul. 5, 2007

By Kazan, McClain, Satterley, Lyons, Greenwood & Oberman, A Professional Law Corporation

Increasing asbestos awareness as a preventative measure

Asbestos is a naturally occuring mineral known for its durability and fire-resistant properties. In the past, the substance has been used in a wide variety of building materials, including insulation products, siding, cements, flooring and roofing, to name a few. When asbestos containing materials become damaged or disturbed, toxic asbestos fibers can be released into the air. If these ...

Oct. 16, 2009

By EnviroVantage

Asbestos contaminated soil case study

An active gypsum manufacturing facility discovered they had a large area of gypsum waste containing asbestos mixed with soil at the back of their property. The waste had accumulated over the years before the dangers of asbestos were known and now required remediation due to communication wires buried in the waste. Excavators could not be used due to the presence of the communication wires that ...

Jan. 10, 2014

By Enviro-Vac Corp.

Environmental Insurance for Lenders: What is It, and Can It Substitute for Due Diligence?

This article addresses two aspects of the new environmental insurance policies for lenders (usually referred to as Secured Creditor, or SC, policies): that of the sometimes significant differences among the policies now on the market, and the controversial due diligence issue - whether the policies can be a 'substitute' for environmental due diligence or a Phase I. The four major environmental ...

Apr. 1, 2000

By Environmental Insurance Agency, Inc.