Chrysotile: Overview Of Asbestos In The Home
Chrysotile Institute covers what asbestos is, health issues, where it is, when it can be a problem, what to do about asbestos in the home, identify materials, asbestos professionals, and hiring contractors.
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Health Canada: Health Risks Of Asbestos
Health Canada describes the health risks of asbestos and how exposure can be dangerous to your health, as well as how to properly handle a potential asbestos problem. They provide sections on what is asbestos?, what are the health risks of exposure?, how can you be exposed to asbestos?, how do you reduce your risk of exposure?, how does the Government of Canada protect you from exposure?, and sources of more information.
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US EPA: Guide To Asbestos In Your Home
US Environmental Protection Agency describes what asbestos is, health issues, where it is, what should be done about it, asbestos professionals, and links to more information.
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WorkSafe BC: Impact Of Asbestos
WorkSafe BC online video describes the history of asbestos, from its origins as a miracle material to its threat to worker health and safety. It includes personal stories from those who've been directly affected and urges those at risk of exposure to test for the presence of asbestos and only remove it if trained and qualified.
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AIC: UK Asbestos Information Centre
UK Asbestos Information Centre is an independent organisation that provides advice on managing asbestos containing products in buildings to keep the fibre release to the minimum.
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WorkSafe BC: Asbestos Awareness Resources for Contractors
WorkSafe BC says asbestos exposure remains the number one killer of workers in BC. Whether you’re a general contractor, abatement contractor or a demolition contractor, you are responsible for the health and safety of workers and that includes protecting them from asbestos exposure.
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WorkSafe BC: Asbestos Awareness Resources For Homeowners
WorkSafew BC says if you're planning to demo or reno a home built before 1990, you need to take asbestos seriously. Found in more than 3,000 pre-1990s building materials, asbestos can be hiding in plain sight. Breathing in asbestos fibres can cause serious health problems, lung diseases, and cancer. So before work starts, identify any asbestos in your home and get it properly removed to ensure the health and safety of everyone working on your project.
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BCEIA: Canada Takes Measures to Ban Asbestos
BC Environmental Industries Association says that in recognizing that asbestos can cause life-threatening diseases, such as asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced the final step to prohibit asbestos and asbestos-containing products in Canada.
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Canada Gov: 2019 Code Update on Materials Containing Asbestos
Government of Canada says changes to the 2015 editions of the National Building Code and the National Plumbing Code were submitted for public review in fall 2017. The respective standing committees reviewed the comments received and recommended to remove all references to asbestos-containing materials as an acceptable solution in code requirements and appendices.
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Canadian Contractor: Canadian Political Parties Ignoring Issue of Asbestos in Homes
Canadian Contractor says the time is long overdue for the Canadian government to take responsibility and offer a tax credit program to assist with the costs of a health and safety problem which they helped to create and fund. Provincial governments should also take some responsibility to address the significant costs of their regulations.
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JofC: New Labour Code to Keep Asbestos Levels to Near Zero
Journal Of Commerce says as part of the federal government's comprehensive ban on asbestos, it is enhancing the Canada Labour Code for workers by lowering the exposure to airborne chrysotile asbestos to as close to zero as possible.
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MAAC: Asbestos & Health Issues
Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center provides information to raise awareness about asbestos, an environmental contaminant that has been known to cause illnesses such as asbestosis or mesothelioma cancer.
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BOABC: Asbestos In The Building Trades
Building Officials Association of BC online slide show presentation Asbestos in the Building Trades, Hidden Hazards covers the WorkSafe BC presentation from the 2014 BOABC Fall Education Conference (PDF)
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