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  2. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

  3. Phase I environmental site assessment - Wikipedia

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    The scopes of work are based on the ASTM E1527-05 Standard but have specific requirements including the following: the percent and scope of the property inspection; requirements for radon testing; asbestos and lead-based paint testing and operations-and-maintenance (O&M) plans to manage the hazards in place; lead in drinking water; and mold ...

  4. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    The exception is where the property age (post-1999 when chrysotile asbestos was banned) would indicate that such products will not have been used during the construction of the building. [ 57 ] Regulation 4 prescribes that each non-domestic building's "dutyholder", as defined in law, has a duty to manage the risk from asbestos and mandates that ...

  5. Profitable companies are dodging asbestos lawsuits. A ... - AOL

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  6. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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    Construction workers who inhale asbestos from contaminated building materials such as paint, spackling, roof shingles, masonry compounds, and drywall may get asbestosis. The amount and length of an individual's exposure to asbestos are the primary factors that determine the level of risk.

  7. Akron Firestone Plant 1, Lawndale schoolhouse join Ohio list ...

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    Firestone factory makes list. Firestone’s Plant 1 at 1200 Firestone Parkway in Akron is on the endangered list. The city-owned property has been on the National Register of Historic Places since ...

  8. These Ohio companies are best at cutting their emissions to ...

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    USA TODAY partnered with market research firm Statista for the America's Climate Leaders list. Check out the Ohio companies that made the cut.

  9. List of Superfund sites in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Ohio designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]