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  2. EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades ...

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    Separately, the EPA is also evaluating so-called legacy uses of asbestos in older buildings, including schools and industrial sites, to determine possible public health risks. A final risk ...

  3. Encasement - Wikipedia

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    Encasement is the coating over, covering or "encasing" of all building components, interior and exterior. This includes all roofing and toxic hazards materials, such as asbestos, lead-based paint, mold/mildew and other harmful substances, found in buildings. The technique of encasing all building components, including unsafe ones, with green ...

  4. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...

  5. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

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    In construction, asbestos abatement is a set of procedures designed to control the release of asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials. [1] Asbestos abatement is utilized during general construction in areas containing asbestos materials, particularly when those materials are being removed, encapsulated, or repaired.

  6. Here are the options for the aging County-City Buildings ...

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    SOUTH BEND — Consultants on Tuesday gave St. Joseph County commissioners a look into the costs, the years needed and the pros and cons of their options to deal with an aging County-City Building ...

  7. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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    During the 1980s and again in the 1990s it was suggested at times that the process of making asbestos cement could "neutralize" the asbestos, either via chemical processes or by causing cement to attach to the fibers and changing their physical size; subsequent studies showed that this was untrue, and that decades-old asbestos cement, when ...

  8. This Indiana couple bought a 111-year-old schoolhouse for ...

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    Here are 4 pros and cons of renovating vs buying move-in-ready Stacie Grissom and her husband Sean Wilson don't live in a traditional home. Their home is a 111-year-old schoolhouse in Franklin ...

  9. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos cement competed with aluminum alloy, available in large quantities after WWII, and the reemergence of wood clapboard and vinyl siding in the mid to late 20th century. Asbestos cement is usually formed into flat or corrugated sheets or into pipes, but can be molded into any shape that can be formed using wet cement.