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ASTM C551 / C551M - 07(2011)e1 Standard Specification for Asbestos-Cement Fiberboard Insulating Panels
This specification covers asbestos-cement insulating panels consisting of a core of insulating fiber board sandwiched between, and bonded to, two sheets of asbestos-cement facing board. Asbestos-cement insulating panels are designed for exterior and interior walls, partitions, curtain walls, roof decks, and for decorative purposes. Asbestos-cement insulating panels shall be composed of an ...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Clean Air Act Violations Involving Asbestos
Duane “Butch” O’Malley, 59, of Bourbonnais, Ill., who was convicted by a federal jury on September 26, 2011, for the illegal removal, handling and disposal of asbestos from a Kankakee building in August 2009, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Federal District Court Judge Michael McCuskey. O’Malley was also ordered to pay restitution of $47,086 to the U.S. ...
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Unlicensed asbestos removal will be penalised warns HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning the building trade that companies and contractors will face prosecution if they remove asbestos without a licence. It follows HSE’s successful prosecution today (4 September) of three contractors who carried out unlicensed asbestos removal at Kelford School in Rotherham in 2006. Mansell Build Ltd (previously Birse Build Ltd) of Cheadle Hulme, ...
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UK HSE warns: unlicensed stripping of asbestos will be penalised
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning the building trade that companies or individual contractors removing asbestos without holding the necessary licences face prosecution. This move follows the HSE prosecution of Roger Lee Lavender, the managing director of a company, Secal Laser Ltd, for the unlicensed removal of asbestos insulation boards from the company's Telford factory. Surveys, ...
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Workers in Some Industries Could Expose Family Members to Asbestos
Several years ago, an Oakland, California jury awarded over $27 million in compensation to an elderly couple. A lawsuit had been filed because the wife of a man who worked with asbestos insulation years before developed mesothelioma. The couple claimed her condition was due to her husband exposing her to asbestos fibers he inadvertently brought into their home. This type of exposure to family ...
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EnviroVantage accredited with excellence
On October 29th, the Associated Builders & Contractors NH/VT Chapter hosted the 2009 Excellence in Construction Awards Ceremony at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH. This program highlights the contributions that contractors make to our society, and recognizes the “best of the best” in the construction industry. EnviroVantage is proud to have won an Eagle Award of Excellence for ...
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Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Day inaugurated in Australia
Losing her husband to a deadly asbestos-induced disease, Dorothy Roberts, 72, is one of 12 widows being portrayed during Australia’s National Asbestos & Mesothelioma Day. The ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) will join with asbestos victims and support groups to carry out a day of events that will punctuate the dangers of asbestos. Regarded as the “silent killer,” mesothelioma is a ...
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Oklahoma City Officials Convicted of Environmental Crimes
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, August 21, 2007 (ENS) - A federal jury Monday found two Oklahoma City officials guilty of negligently allowing the release of asbestos, a hazardous air pollutant. The evidence presented at trial showed that the City Manager of Elk City, Oklahoma, Guy R. Hylton, Jr. and a building superintendent, Chick Arthur Little, used inmates from the Elk City Work Center to remove ...
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HSE prosecutes English companies following multiple breaches of asbestos safety laws
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a stark warning about managing the risks from asbestos, following its prosecution of a two companies in Essex, after workers in their employment were exposed to asbestos containing materials. R Maskell Ltd of Loughton, Essex was fined £150,000 with costs of £30,000 at Ipswich Crown Court today (6th August). The company pleaded guilty to Section ...
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School Shut Down After Asbestos Discovered in Concealed Ceiling
Last month, a junior high school in Rhode Island was closed for several days so that workers could safely remove asbestos from the building. The asbestos was discovered when a ceiling that was being taken down revealed a second concealed ceiling. The hidden ceiling was found to contain asbestos. Because of the strength and heat resistance of asbestos fibers, it has been used in the past in a ...
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Properties in Illinois May Contain Asbestos Contaminated Vermiculite Insulation
The environmental and building science consultants from EC2 provide asbestos sampling to ensure building occupants are not exposed to their deadly fibers. Perhaps as many as 35 million homes across America may be contaminated with asbestos tainted vermiculite insulation. Many of these properties can be found across the Midwest, including Illinois. Not all materials that contain vermiculite have ...
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California Asbestos Testing Laboratory Open 7 Days to Support Upcoming Asbestos Abatement Projects
Asbestos was used in many building materials that found their way into hundreds of thousands of homes all across the country up until the late 1970s. It’s insulating and fire resistant properties made it a common material used for insulating pipes. As many of these homes begin to age and require updated plumbing and remodeling the risks associated with aerosolizing the asbestos insulation ...
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Children Mistake Asbestos for Sidewalk Chalk
Young children found pieces of what appeared to be sidewalk chalk outside a former high school in Niagara Falls, NY and began drawing with the substance outside the building. Only later did their parents discover that the children were actually playing with asbestos, the dangerous, carcinogenic mineral. Vandals broke into the old high school to steal pipes and left the asbestos insulation ...
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EPA announces completion of mission assignment in response to Minot, ND floods
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the field mission assignment in response to flooding in Minot, North Dakota has been completed. EPA Emergency Response staff first mobilized to Minot on July 11th, 2011 and began mission activities at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the City of Minot, and the State of North Dakota on July 17th, 2011. ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to Hold Press Conference Featuring Barbara Minty McQueen, Mesothelioma Widow of Steve McQueen
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is hosting a press conference where Barbara Minty McQueen will discuss her late husband’s December 1979 mesothelioma diagnosis as well as the physical and emotional pain he endured as a result of trying to find treatment in the U.S. McQueen, author/photographer and former model, will unveil her new ...
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Oklahoma City Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes - City officials used prisoners to remove asbestos without proper protection
(Washington, D.C. - Aug. 21, 2007) Yesterday a federal jury found two Oklahoma City officials guilty of negligently allowing the release of asbestos, a hazardous air pollutant, in a case jointly investigated and prosecuted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the State of Oklahoma. The evidence presented at trial showed that the City Manager of Elk ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to Hold Press Conference Featuring Barbara Minty McQueen, Mesothelioma Widow of Steve McQueen
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is hosting a press conference where Barbara Minty McQueen will discuss her late husband’s December 1979 mesothelioma diagnosis as well as the physical and emotional pain he endured as a result of trying to find treatment in the U.S. McQueen, author/photographer and former model, will unveil her new ...
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Final load of debris shipped from K-25 Building demolition project
On March 11, The final truckload of debris from the K-25 Building demolition project was shipped from East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The K-25 Building, located at the East Tennessee Technology Park (the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant), was built in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project. At that time, K-25 was the world’s largest building under one roof. Demolition of the ...
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Occupational Exposure Risks to Fiberglass and Other Synthetic Vitreous Fibers in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico and throughout the rest of the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports there are many workers exposed to fiberglass and other synthetic vitreous fibers (SVFs) in manufacturing and end-use applications. SVFs are man-made fibrous materials used for thermal and sound insulating purposes and to reinforce other materials. It is used in ...
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Homeowners Should Test Attics for Asbestos Containing Vermiculite Insulation
EMSL Analytical offers easy asbestos testing solutions to protect people against insulation that may contain cancer causing asbestos fibers. Cinnaminson, NJ, November 30th, 2010 For years it has been known that up to 35 million homes across America may be contaminated with asbestos tainted vermiculite insulation. Although not all materials that contain vermiculite have asbestos, many products ...
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