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ads by AdXpansion The Asbestos NESHAP was amended for several reasons. EPA wanted to clarify existing regulatory policies, and to add regulations which explicitly address monitoring and record keeping at facilities which mill, manufacture, and fabricate asbestos. Also, because of the high risk associated with the transfer and disposal of ACM, EPA also wanted to [...]

Asbestos appealed to manufacturers and builders for a variety of reasons. It is strong yet flexible, and it won’t burn. It conducts electricity poorly, but insulates effectively. It also resists corrosion. Asbestos may have been so widely used because few other accessible substances combine the same qualities.

ads by AdXpansion People whose work brings them into contact with asbestos — workers who renovate buildings with asbestos in them, for example — may inhale fibers that are in the air: this is called occupational exposure. Workers’ families may inhale asbestos fibers released by clothes that have been in contact with ACM: this is [...]