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Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
As part of US EPA mission to protect human health & the environment, the agency has completed a final risk evaluation for asbestosChrysotile asbestos is the only form of asbestos known to be imported, processed, or distributed for use in the USA.The agency...
British Occupational Hygiene Society Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management e-Bulletin
FAAM News Issue 2 - 2020 CONFINED SPACESThe lack of understanding that could cost lives. View the publication here
Hazardous Homes to Let: Protecting Renters from Asbestos
This paper is published by ResPublica on the current policies in the United Kingdom for landlords and private housing tenants. The UK current regime does not require landlords to manage and maintain asbestos in private living areas, which are not for common use. The...
Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)
Scientists are exploring ways to use mineral waste from mines to pull huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air. On a scorching day this August, Caleb Woodall wielded his shovel like a spear, stabbing it into the hardened crust of an asbestos-filled pit near...
Johnson & Johnson To Pay $100 Million In Baby Powder Settlement
The settlement is the first in four years of litigation and nearly 20,000 lawsuits that allege Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer due to asbestos contamination, according to the report. Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of...
Estimated Surface Decay of SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes COVID-19)
On surfaces under a range of temperatures and relative humidity Relative humidity and temperature can be used to provide an estimated half-life for SARS-CoV-2 with this model with some degree of certainty. The predictive power is limited to temperature between...
Remembering the Heroes in the WTC Tragedy
Nineteen years ago, the nation recoiled in horror as two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, claiming the lives of more than 3,000 people. After the towers collapsed, firefighters, policemen and other emergency responders...
Flores: State of Cancer in 9/11 First Responders and Survivors
This Sept. 11 marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in my hometown of New York City. Nearly 3,000 people died that day, but many more have since suffered and died from exposure to asbestos and other toxic materials. Toxins were released...
New Victorian Waste Act and Waste Authority – a proposed model
Your input is sought on how effectively the model will support our waste and recycling goals, ensuring these services are safe, reliable and meet community expectations. Overview Victoria’s waste and recycling system has experienced significant market shocks in...
Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
As part of US EPA mission to protect human health & the environment, the agency has completed a final risk evaluation for asbestosChrysotile asbestos is the only form of asbestos known to be imported, processed, or distributed for use in the USA.The agency...
British Occupational Hygiene Society Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management e-Bulletin
FAAM News Issue 2 - 2020 CONFINED SPACESThe lack of understanding that could cost lives. View the publication here
Hazardous Homes to Let: Protecting Renters from Asbestos
This paper is published by ResPublica on the current policies in the United Kingdom for landlords and private housing tenants. The UK current regime does not require landlords to manage and maintain asbestos in private living areas, which are not for common use. The...
Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)
Scientists are exploring ways to use mineral waste from mines to pull huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air. On a scorching day this August, Caleb Woodall wielded his shovel like a spear, stabbing it into the hardened crust of an asbestos-filled pit near...
Johnson & Johnson To Pay $100 Million In Baby Powder Settlement
The settlement is the first in four years of litigation and nearly 20,000 lawsuits that allege Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer due to asbestos contamination, according to the report. Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of...
Estimated Surface Decay of SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes COVID-19)
On surfaces under a range of temperatures and relative humidity Relative humidity and temperature can be used to provide an estimated half-life for SARS-CoV-2 with this model with some degree of certainty. The predictive power is limited to temperature between...
Remembering the Heroes in the WTC Tragedy
Nineteen years ago, the nation recoiled in horror as two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, claiming the lives of more than 3,000 people. After the towers collapsed, firefighters, policemen and other emergency responders...
Flores: State of Cancer in 9/11 First Responders and Survivors
This Sept. 11 marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in my hometown of New York City. Nearly 3,000 people died that day, but many more have since suffered and died from exposure to asbestos and other toxic materials. Toxins were released...
New Victorian Waste Act and Waste Authority – a proposed model
Your input is sought on how effectively the model will support our waste and recycling goals, ensuring these services are safe, reliable and meet community expectations. Overview Victoria’s waste and recycling system has experienced significant market shocks in...
Become a FAMANZ sponsor to help make the asbestos industry safer for everyone!
Making our industry healthier and safer for everyone is an extensive task. In becoming a sponsor of the Faculty of Asbestos Management of Australia & New Zealand you and your company can become a force for change in our ever expanding industry.
Making a difference across every sector of the asbestos management cycle our sponsorship will help ensure our industry is the safest in the world.