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Disturbing asbestos materials during construction is a serious hazard that all contractors may encounter. Because of the insidious nature of the material as a health hazard, EPA regulations require that even when a structure is to be completely demolished, asbestos (and all other hazardous materials) must be removed by a qualified contractor prior to general demolition. A construction contractor contemplating abatement work needs to ascertain regulatory applicability under one of the following: OSHA-approved state program, Federal OSHA regulations (applicable to the private sector and certa

Asbestos -- Health aspects. --- Asbestos -- Measurement. --- Asbestos -- Safety measures. --- Asbestos abatement. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Asbestos abatement --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Abatement, Asbestos --- Asbestos control --- Asbestos encapsulation --- Asbestos enclosure --- Asbestos hazard management --- Asbestos management --- Asbestos removal --- Pollution --- Asbestos --- Amianthus --- Asbestus --- Heat resistant materials

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Asbestos. --- Amianthus --- Asbestus --- Heat resistant materials --- Asbestos --- Toxicology --- Health aspects --- adverse effects --- E-books

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This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry.  It follows the Asbestos Interest Group (AIG) over a fifteen-year period through its involvement in grassroots research, in legal cases and in the compensation systems for asbestos-related disease.  It examines how the AIG became grassroots technicians of translocal paperwork, moving texts back and forth between periphery and center, pushing documents through the textual mazeways of the courts, medical institutions, the compensation system and various government agencies.   The book addresses rhetorical mobility and the extent to which, given the AIG’s position on the periphery, it has been able to enter the voices and interests of villagers into formerly inaccessible forums of deliberation and decision-making.

Sociolinguistics --- Literacy --- Asbestos industry --- Asbestos --- Asbestos miners --- Evidence, Documentary --- Political aspects --- Health aspects --- Law and legislation --- Political activity --- asbestos activism. --- asbestos. --- asbestosis. --- environmentalism of the poor. --- grassroots activism. --- grassroots literacy. --- paperwork studies. --- sociolinguistics of globalization.

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This comprehensive sourcebook introduces inorganic fibrous materials, both synthetic and naturally occurring. It provides an accessible general description of the fibrous state, the range of compounds that can adopt this form, and their unique characteristics. The author also assesses their use in industry and evaluates their safety.

Asbestos. --- Inorganic fibers. --- Asbestos --- Inorganic fibers --- Textile fibers --- Amianthus --- Asbestus --- Heat resistant materials --- Physiological effect. --- Fibers --- Fibres --- Von Neumann, John --- Œuvres --- Écrits. --- Physiological effect --- Environmental Pollutants --- adverse effects --- analysis --- Rocks. Minerals --- Toxicology --- Materials sciences --- Écrits. --- Fibers. --- Asbestos - Physiological effect --- Inorganic fibers - Physiological effect --- Asbestos - adverse effects --- Asbestos - analysis --- Fibres synthetiques

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In the last decades, there has been increasing interest in Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) and asbestos containing materials (ACMs) as a source of possible environmental risk. A crucial theme of interest related to environmental pollution is the enhanced mobilization of asbestos minerals affecting soils and rocks due to human activities (e.g., road construction, mining activity) in comparison with natural weathering processes. The volume has aimed to gather contributions and to compare results derived from various experiences of research groups regarding NOA minerals as a source of possible environmental risks for population. Case studies from various geological contexts are presented. Moreover, contributions presenting novel and classical approaches for ACM inertization and recycling, together with possible solutions for reducing asbestos exposure, has been also presented.

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