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Asbestos, Lead and Other Exposure Hazards Encountered by Firefighters and Fire Damage Cleanup Crews
Firefighters play a crucial role in protecting public safety and the property of people, businesses and institutions. Responding to fires and emergencies, their work can be dangerous and these dangers can include more than just flames and extreme heat. Building fires could also expose firefighters to a number of hazardous substances. For example, the Board of Health in Orange, Massachusetts ...
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week and Efforts to Protect Residents of Puerto Rico
The first week of April marks the 18th annual Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW). The week-long campaign was begun by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and is a designed to educate the public about asbestos and exposure hazards. The term “asbestos” is a commercial name, not a mineralogical definition, given to a variety of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals ...
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Recent Federal Developments
Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, and Jane S. Vergnes, Ph.D., DABT, Director of Toxicology, presented “Overview of the Proposed Rule: Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” during the “Data for Chemical Evaluations: Secret or Otherwise” session at The Society of Toxicology’s 58th Annual Meeting held this week in Baltimore, Maryland. For a copy of the ...
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Lead Disclosure Requirements and Testing Options for Homebuyers in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that approximately three-quarters of the nation’s housing stock built before 1978, the year the federal government banned consumer uses of lead in paints, likely contains some lead-based paint. Exposure to lead is serious because lead poisoning can cause permanent damage to the brain and many other organs. It also causes reduced ...
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Puerto Rico’s Water Damage Professionals Utilize Advanced Methods to Identify Microbial Contaminants
When water damage occurs in a home or building due to flooding or a sanitary sewer overflow, the damage can be extensive. Property owners and tenants are immediately impacted as they are forced to vacate their home or business to begin the process of cleanup, drying out the property and repairing the damage. These types of catastrophic events can be overwhelming for those involved. This is ...
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Penn Medicine Receives Superfund Research Program Award of $10 Million to Study the Adverse Health Effects and Remediation of Asbestos
Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) over the next four years to study asbestos exposure pathways that lead to mesothelioma, the bioremediation of this hazardous material, and mechanisms ...
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Asbestos Professionals Have New Choices when it comes to Insurance
In late September, a junior high school in Rhode Island was closed for several days so that abatement professionals could safely remove asbestos from the building. The asbestos was discovered when a ceiling that was being taken down during renovation activities revealed a second concealed ceiling. The hidden ceiling contained the asbestos. Cases like this happen every day across the ...
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Minneapolis Laboratory Earns New Asbestos Accreditation
EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our laboratory in Minneapolis, MN has been accredited by the Minnesota Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) to test for the presence of asbestos in drinking water. According to the ELAP, accredited laboratories have demonstrated the capability to analyze environmental samples using approved methods. ELAP evaluates ...
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Clark Seif Clark Selected for Award of Arizona’s Statewide Environmental Consulting Services for Asbestos and Lead Contract
Clark Seif Clark is pleased to announce that they have been selected for award of the State of Arizona’s Contract No. ADSPO12-033355. The contract covers statewide environmental consulting services for asbestos and lead. The State Procurement Office (SPO) made their decision in October. The dangers due to exposure to asbestos have been known for years. Asbestos still poses a serious ...
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Pipe Insulation in Homes May Expose People to Dangerous Asbestos Fibers
Cinnaminson, NJ, October 15, 2012 Many homes built up until the 1970s were constructed using insulating blankets and paper tape on their steam pipes, boilers and furnace ducts that contained asbestos. Due to the material’s strength, durability, and insulating fire resistant properties it was a popular choice and was installed in many homes and buildings.� Over time, these materials can ...
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Asbestos Siding on Homes May Expose People to Dangerous Asbestos Fibers
Many homes built between the 1930s and the 1970s were constructed using asbestos siding and shingles on the exterior of the property. Due to the material’s strength, durability and fire resistant properties it was a popular ingredient in both manmade shingles and siding products. Over time, these materials can become damaged and begin to degrade. When this occurs, cancer causing asbestos ...
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Asbestos Discovered in Cars Manufactured in China
The Brisbrane Times reports that nearly 25,000 cars, manufactured in China and exported to Australia, are expected to be recalled after some of their parts were found to be contaminated with asbestos. The asbestos was detected in the car’s engines and exhaust gaskets. Ateco Automotive, the company that imported the affected vehicles, has reportedly known about the issue for months. They ...
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Mid-Atlantic Residents Warned of Possible Asbestos in Popcorn Ceilings
Many homes built between the 1960s and 1980s used popcorn ceilings as a standard method of texturing ceilings. As time has passed, many property owners and new buyers of these homes have decided to update the look of their homes by removing these popcorn ceilings. Some of these projects have been done by informed professionals and many more of these have been completed by do-it-yourselfers. ...
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Asbestos Removal from Ottawa Federal Buildings Goes Undocumented
According to a list recently compiled by the Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Canadian federal government owns 318 building that are known to contain asbestos. Yet despite this high number, the government has not been actively tracking projects to remove asbestos from these buildings. This list is not comprehensive and does not contain any buildings which are owned by departments ...
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ASTM D2947 / D2947M - 88(2011)e1 Standard Test Method for Screen Analysis of Asbestos Fibers
Test results give some indication of the apparent fiber length distribution in the sample tested. Sieves are ideally suited to measure particle size and particle size distribution when all three axes of the particle are equidimensional or the particle is of spherical shape. Asbestos fibers differ considerably from these ideal conditions and, therefore, results depart ...
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ASTM D2985 / D2985M - 92(2011)e1 Standard Test Method for Color of Asbestos
The color of asbestos is of commercial significance when it is to be incorporated into products, the color of which is affected by the color of the asbestos, and for which color specifications must be met. Whiteness is required of asbestos for use in white or pale-colored products. Yellowness is significant in asbestos for use in pastel-colored products where ...
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ASTM D2752 / D2752M - 88(2011)e1 Standard Test Methods for Air Permeability of Asbestos Fibers
The degree of fiberization or subdivision of the asbestos fiber bundles in a specimen is related to its resistance to air flow. The number and size of the pores in the specimen are a function of the size of the fiber bundles and determine the resistance to air flow through the plug. Test specimens that have undergone a higher degree of fiberization will yield higher ...
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ASTM D2589 / D2589M - 88(2011)e1 Standard Test Method for McNett Wet Classification of Dual Asbestos Fiber
Normally, results obtained by this test method are reproducible under comparable laboratory conditions. However, it must not be expected that results obtained by different operators at various laboratories and times will be in exact agreement due to some seemingly minor procedural change. Moreover, results for longer fiber grades are influenced to a greater extent by differences ...
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ASTM D3752 - 98(2011) Standard Test Method for Strength Imparted by Asbestos to a Cementitious Matrix
This procedure facilitates the comparison of different types or grades of asbestos based on their contribution to the flexural modulus of rupture; that is, the reinforcing value, which is considered the most pertinent property for the manufacture of asbestos-cement products. This test method is primarily intended for fiber grades used normally in ...
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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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