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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. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    Map of countries that have banned the use of asbestos. The mineral asbestos is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations that relate to its production and use, including mining, manufacturing, use and disposal. [1] [2] [3] Injuries attributed to asbestos have resulted in both workers' compensation claims and injury litigation.

  4. Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos management was addressed in part by the Clean Air Act (CAA) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) [6], specifically relating to airborne fibers. Neither of these regulations provided guidance on how to manage asbestos day-to-day in a building.

  5. RoHS - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the exceptions, there are exclusions for products such as solar panels. It is closely linked with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) 2002/96/EC (now superseded [ 4 ] ) which sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for electrical goods and is part of a legislative initiative to solve the problem ...

  6. List of ISO standards - Wikipedia

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  7. 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.

  8. International Organization for Standardization - Wikipedia

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    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO / ˈ aɪ s oʊ /; [3] French: Organisation internationale de normalisation; Russian: Международная организация по стандартизации) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member ...

  9. Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - Wikipedia

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    The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2006 and brought together a number of other asbestos related pieces of legislation. [1] This has been superseded by The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The pieces of legislation the regulations revoked and replaced were the 'Control of Asbestos ...