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EPA Awards the State of Oklahoma Over $240,000 to Reduce Exposure to Asbestos in Schools and State Buildings
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Oklahoma Department of Labor $242,322 to help reduce exposure to asbestos in schools and state buildings through compliance monitoring. The funds will be used by the ODOL to complete audit inspections in local schools during the upcoming school year. Asbestos inspections are a traditional method of encouraging compliance with the Asbestos in ...
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EPA Agreement with Prince Georges County School District Ensures Compliance with Safeguards for Asbestos in Schools
In a consent agreement with EPA, the Prince George’s County School District in Maryland has resolved alleged violations of federal regulations on the management of asbestos materials in school buildings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The school district has cooperated fully with EPA to come into compliance and ensure ongoing compliance with asbestos safeguards ...
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What New Products in Puerto Rico Can Still Legally Contain Asbestos?
Beginning in the 19th century, large-scale asbestos mining was a reality. This was due to the fact the asbestos offered so many unique physical qualities that could be utilized by industry. These included the mineral’s resistance to sound absorption, heat, fire, chemical corrosion, electricity and its tensile strength. The result was asbestos could be found in thousands of building ...
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Asbestos Discovery Pauses Cinnamon Bay Redevelopment Activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands
The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that the redevelopment of Cinnamon Bay Campground in the U.S. Virgin Islands was being delayed to allow for the abatement of asbestos found during precautionary testing of underground sewer pipes. The campground area has been shut down since Hurricane Irma caused extensive damage and was undergoing repairs by a park concessionaire. According to ...
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Ceilings Tiles Containing Asbestos Could be Lurking in Some Schools and Offices in Puerto Rico
Asbestos was used in numerous types of ceiling tiles, as well as thousands of other products, in the past. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends testing suspect materials, including ceiling tiles, if they are damaged (fraying, crumbling) or if a renovation is planned that would disturb the suspect material. That is what happened recently at a high school in Bermuda. An air ...
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Facility Managers in Puerto Rico Advised to Test Fire Curtains for Asbestos Hazards
Fire curtains, also referred to as safety curtains, are a fire safety device used in theaters and auditoriums. Modern fire curtains are often made of fiberglass or iron, but in the past they were typically made with asbestos due to the minerals unique fire resistant properties of being non-flammable and non-combustible. Unfortunately, many original fire curtains that contain asbestos can still ...
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Shrader & Associates, L.L.P. Supports Washington Brake Regulation, Calls for Nation-Wide Asbestos Ban
Legislation in the state of Washington that will eliminate asbestos in brakes is a step in the right direction, said an attorney of Shrader & Associates, L.L.P. The leading national firm is committed to helping individuals harmed by toxic chemicals, including the carcinogen asbestos, attorney Robert Shuttlesworth said. The fibers are sometimes used in brake pads as well many other industrial ...
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Asbestos Containing Pipes have some Jamaican Residents Demanding Action
Earlier this month,The Gleanerpublished a story about residents from St. Thomas Parish in Jamaica voicing concerns over old and leaking cement water pipes that contain asbestos and deliver water to their homes. This type of pipe was once common, but its use was largely discontinued in North America in the 1980s. While the presence of these types of pipes carrying water and buried ...
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EPA Grant Helps Reduce Asbestos Exposure in Oklahoma Schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Oklahoma Department of Labor a grant to help reduce asbestos exposure in schools. The $204,000 grant will go toward compliance monitoring and assistance, public outreach, inspections, enforcement actions, and ensuring workers are properly trained and accredited. Asbestos can be found in a variety of construction materials and ...
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Identifying and Mitigating Asbestos Exposure Risks in Puerto Rico
For decades, thousands of building materials and products that were used in Puerto Rico and across the region contained asbestos. Unfortunately, many of these asbestos-containing materials can still be found in homes, businesses and institutions of all types. The mere presence of an asbestos-containing material is not an immediate threat necessarily. However, if the material has become friable ...
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EPA awards $150,000 to reduce asbestos exposure in Louisiana (LA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $150,000 to Louisiana to help reduce asbestos exposure in schools and state buildings. The project will encompass compliance monitoring, compliance assistance and public outreach. The project is covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA). The program provides protection through on-site surveillance where asbestos is ...
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Asbestos Exposure Risks Faced by Plumbers in Puerto Rico
For decades, thousands of building materials and products that were used for construction in Puerto Rico and across the region contained asbestos. These materials included many used for various plumbing applications in residential and commercial buildings of all types. Unfortunately, many of these asbestos-containing materials can still be found, potentially posing a risk to building occupants. ...
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Residents of Puerto Rico Warned of the Potential Presence of Asbestos in Older Floor Tiles and Flooring Materials
At some point, every home or office will need to replace its flooring due to wear and tear or to simply give an indoor space an updated look. In homes, flooring projects are a common DIY project, but many people don’t realize that tearing up some old floors could be exposing their families and guests to asbestos fibers if not done correctly. For many years, up until the late 1970s, ...
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Residents of Puerto Rico Learn of Exposure Risks to Thousands of Asbestos-Containing Products
In Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean, asbestos-containing materials can still be found in countless homes, schools and businesses. This is a result of the regrettable realty that asbestos was used for decades in thousands of products, in fact, the Minnesota Department of Health states there are over 3,000 known products that may contain the carcinogen. A partial list of just a few of these ...
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Asbestos Exposures in New York City are Still a Major Health Concern
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report about a rise in the number of deaths associated with malignant mesothelioma. Detailed in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the number of annual deaths in the United States due to the condition actually increased from 2,479 in 1999 to 2,597 in 2015. Malignant mesothelioma is a ...
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Property Owners and Tenants in Puerto Rico Learn of Potential Exposure Hazards following Fire Damage
Building fires in residential and commercial properties result in property damage to numerous homes and businesses each year in Puerto Rico. While some properties are declared a complete loss following a fire, most can be repaired. Fire damaged properties need to be repaired where flames and heat have cause destruction and remediated to remove the smoke residues, odors and all of the water used ...
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Chrysotile and Other Forms of Asbestos Still Pose Hazards in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico and across much of the Caribbean, chrysotile is one of the most frequently found forms of asbestos. Chrysotile is just one of six asbestos and asbestiform minerals that regulatory agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), recognize. In addition to chrysotile, the others include actinolite, amosite, ...
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Identifying Ceilings Tiles and Other Materials that Contain Asbestos and Could Pose a Threat to Building Occupants in Puerto Rico
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the production of commercial products containing asbestos began in the early 1900s and the mineral was used to create about 3,000 different products during much of the 20th century. It was a popular material due to its low cost, strength, sound absorption qualities and ability to resist heat, electricity and corrosion. Many of the ...
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EPA Grant Helps Reduce Asbestos Exposure in Texas Schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Texas Department of State Health Services a grant to help reduce asbestos exposure in schools. The $124,741 grant will go toward compliance monitoring and assistance, public outreach, inspections, enforcement actions, and ensuring workers are properly trained and accredited. Federal regulations require public and private schools to ...
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EPA Awards Louisiana $137,000 to Reduce Asbestos Exposure in Schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a grant to help reduce asbestos exposure in schools. The $137,000 grant will go toward compliance monitoring and assistance, public outreach, inspections, enforcement actions, and ensuring workers are properly trained and accredited. Federal regulations require public and private schools ...
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