Is Asbestos Water Piping Safe For You To Use
You might not know that the piping that brings water into your home or building may be asbestos cement piping. No one has been able to say for sure if this is a health hazard or not. The piping was used before PVC piping became available about twenty or so years ago. However, it is [...]
Asbestos Exposure Needs Immediate Medical Attention
It is of the utmost importance to your health and your families that you seek medical attention as soon as you have been exposed to asbestos. If you wait until mesothelioma cancer has developed, you are more than likely to late to have any successful treatments against the cancer. You need to have regular check [...]
Asbestos Not Added To The Rotterdam Convention
The meeting of countries did not accomplish much the last few days of October because asbestos was not voted for and added to the Rotterdam Convention as a material that could not be imported into other countries. Individual governments can allow or deny imports from other countries, but most countries will allow asbestos into their [...]
Asbestos May Be Included In Mulch Given Away
It is possible that mulch that was given away in Horse Cave may have contained asbestos, it was report yesterday. A tobacco warehouse that was torn down and ground up for mulch may have contained the asbestos. Kentucky has a law that all buildings must have the asbestos survey done, so how could this have [...]
New York’s Paula Mancuso Arrested For Illegal Asbestos Removal
Paul Mancuso, his father and brother Steven, have been arrested for illegal asbestos removal and brother Ronald was arrested and pleaded guilty to dumping asbestos along the roadsides in New York and various other charges. This is not the first time that Mancuso has been arrested for removing asbestos illegally. He was arrested in 2004 [...]
India Government Will Not Label Asbestos Hazardous
The government of India does not feel that asbestos should be labeled hazardous or even ban from import. What this means is that anyone who travels to India to live or visit could be put into a dangerous situation if the asbestos fibers are released into the air. Now that you know this, it is [...]
Developing Countries Still Getting Asbestos From Canada
Developing countries are still receiving asbestos from Canada even though Canada has limited the use of asbestos in their country. Chrysotile is still being mined in Canada and being exported to other countries despite the harm it does to humans. Canada has also opposed adding Chrysotile to the list of hazardous materials called the Rotterdam [...]
Parents Worry About Asbestos In Schools
With so many schools coming under fire for having asbestos within the walls of the school, it is no wonder why many parents are thinking twice about sending their children to school. Many schools were built years ago, before 1980 and contain asbestos somewhere in the building. Asbestos removal is imperative where the health of [...]
Firefighters At Risk For Inhaling Asbestos Particles
Firefighters risk their life every day to save others. Many people do not know about all the risks a firefighter goes through to protect them and their properties. The fire is only one risk every firefighter takes. The other is being exposed to asbestos. Until asbestos removal is completed in every building in the world, [...]
UK Asbestos Survey Company Fined
An asbestos survey company did an inadequate job and is now seeing a hefty fined because they did not completely survey and report the presence of asbestos in two schools in Wales. Because there was no information about asbestos being present, the construction workers went into the schools to remodel and never knew there was [...]
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