How To Spot Asbestos

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Contact with Asbestos in some industries in years gone by was seen as just ‘part of the job’. For many people, predominantly males, handling Asbestos was a common occurrence with workers regularly using the material without ever knowing that one day the material would be regarded as dangerous to human health.

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Contact with Asbestos in some industries in years gone by was seen as just ‘part of the job’. For many people, predominantly males, handling Asbestos was a common occurrence with workers regularly using the material without ever knowing that one day the material would be regarded as dangerous to human health.

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Three High Schools in Arizona have been hit with large fines from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violating the ‘AHERA’, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. The Act is in place to regulate, inspect, catalogue and handle asbestos in all US schools.

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At an expense of over 1 million to the taxpayer, asbestos that has been found in 38 different fire stations in South Wales, UK has been removed. A station in the country’s capital was found to need urgent attention along with stations in 7 other towns. The cost of the removal was revealed after a Freedom of Information request from Chris Franks, a member of the Welsh political party, Plaid Cymru.

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In the latter part of the 1920’s saw their first asbestos lawsuits settlement case. Asbestos exposure became the leader in lung cancer cases in workers who had high exposure rates. Medical researchers were validating assumptions made by doctors and other professionals who were connecting cancer cases to asbestos exposure. Although asbestos was used as a main component in construction projects, and even worked as a fabric in ancient Greece, the material’s ability to imbed in the lungs made it an extreme health risk.

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Fernand Turcotte is an occupational health expert and a retired professor of at Universit Laval in Quebec, he is also a veteran of the tobacco wars. Now he at the front of most of the country’s medical and scientific community against the asbestos industry and the politicians who support them.

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