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  2. Department of Environment (Bangladesh) - Wikipedia

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    Department of Environment (পরিবেশ অধিদপ্তর) is a government department responsible for the protection of the environment in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2] The department is headed by a director general. [3] It is under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. [4]

  3. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Injuries attributed to asbestos have resulted in both workers' compensation claims and injury litigation. [4] [5] Health problems attributed to asbestos include asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer, and diffuse pleural thickening. [6] [7] One of the major issues relating to asbestos in civil proceedings is the latency of asbestos ...

  4. Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act (BECA) is set of laws enacted by the government of Bangladesh in 1995 to conserve the nation's environment. [1] Its main goals were to "provide for conservation of the environment, improvement of environmental standards and control and mitigation of environmental pollution."(Bangladesh Environmental Conservation Act, 1995).

  5. List of environmental laws by country - Wikipedia

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    Regulation No. 736 – "Regulations Regarding a Permit for the Use of Water Resources"; 23 December 2003; Regulation No. 779 – adopted 19 September 2006; "Procedures for the Extraction of Mineral Resources" Regulation No. 857 – "Regulations regarding Procedures for Ascertaining of Groundwater Resources and Criteria of Quality" 19 October 2004

  6. EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US - AOL

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...

  7. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade - Wikipedia

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    The rules specifically applicable to technical regulations are set out in Articles 2 and 3 of the TBT Agreement. In EC-Asbestos, the Appellate Body laid down a number of considerations for the determination of technical regulations. First, for a measure to be a "technical regulation", it must stipulate or provide "product characteristics".

  8. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, blue and brown asbestos materials were banned outright in 1985 while the import, sale and second hand reuse of white asbestos was outlawed in 1999. The 2012 Control of Asbestos Regulations state that owners of non-domestic buildings (e.g., factories and offices) have a "duty to manage" asbestos on the premises by making ...

  9. EPA bans last form of asbestos used in United States - AOL

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