Overview of Asbestos Removal Procedures US 1999

This clip from the 1999 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) video, Asbestos Managing Problems, Addressing Concerns, shows good containment procedures to prevent the spread of the asbestos during building abatement and demolition. Over the past 20 years, with more stringent US regulations in place concerning the use of asbestos and greater awareness of the health effects of the material, many buildings with asbestos problems were abandoned by corporations and left for the government to clean up. These buildings still present a threat due to large amounts of asbestos containing materials (ACM). Tragically, asbestos building materials and other products, such as brake shoes, are still being used in the US in 2008.

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[darester]

i do this shit everyday......this is just regs. u actually dont wet the shit before and after, u just set up walls, tape em tight, remove what ur removin, yellow bag'em, TOSS EM, not gentle placing down.

[markdcatlin]

Rip and tear asbestos removal allows your employer to make huge profits. They likely bid the work as if they would use all the required procedures. All the saving (mostly in work hours) goes into their pocket and the workers lose out on pay and get exposed to asbestos.

[racer180sx]

yesterday i saw 4 guys in white suits with gas masks on unloading bags of whatever renovating a school and i happen to work in front of them. i am coughing now the day after til now. it may not be asbestos,but again it could be anything.

[AtaArticles]

Isn't there an alternative to asbestos material?

It seems over 2000 people die in the UK  as a result of asbestos exposure,

[redhead5150]

Tell our bosses this!!!! We will be in the unemployment line!!! Don't believe this is a day to day practice.

[AlonsusApophiss]

@darester if your not wetstripping asbestos insulation its incredibly dangerous. Non notyfiable like Asbestos cement (Chrysotile) doesnt have to wet stripped. Asbestos Insulation (Amosite) does need to be. Infact in the UK if your caught drystripping AIB or Pipe lagging without wetstripping or shadow vaccing you'll lose your removal license.

[one4um]

try this website asbestosattorney.eu

[380phunlife]

thats true the workers get jerked on these jobs all the time.

[sincityfire]

@darester So... You do a poorer quality job?

[Nazizombies97]

@xXBOOMER760Xx yea i was in mental hospital for like an hour