enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

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

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law...

   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. File:Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 (UKSI 2002 ...

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Control_of_Asbestos...

   Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us

4. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_abatement

   The asbestos removal may take longer and cost more than the actual demolition. For example, the former seat of parliament of East Germany, the Palast der Republik, was stripped of most of its asbestos between 1998 and 2001, before it was finally demolished starting in 2006. The Utah State Prison underwent a full asbestos removal before its ...

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

   www.aol.com/news/epa-ban-last-form-asbestos...

   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 ...

6. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law

   Asbestos abatement (removal of asbestos) has become a thriving industry in the United States. Strict removal and disposal laws have been enacted to protect the public from airborne asbestos. The Clean Air Act requires that asbestos be wetted during removal and strictly contained, and that workers wear safety gear and masks.

7. Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_Hazard_Emergency...

   The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) is a US federal law enacted by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. [1] It required the EPA to create regulations regarding local educational agencies inspection of school buildings for asbestos-containing building material, prepare asbestos management plans, and perform asbestos response actions to ...

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

   www.aol.com/news/epa-bans-last-form-asbestos...

   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

9. Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company ...

   www.aol.com/news/trial-begin-against-railroad...

   The W.R. Grace & Co. mine that operated most of last century on a mountaintop outside Libby produced contaminated vermiculite that health officials say has sickened more than 3,000 people and led ...