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Two recent news stories demonstrate how workers and people in the towns surrounding food production plants can be exposed to asbestos when asbestos containing products are used in the plants and not properly maintained. The first article details how workers at sugar mills in Australia have been exposed to asbestos while working in the plant. […]
Check out this article published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a group of kids who are working on a project that will provide information to the public about lead exposure. The purpose of the program is to make people aware of the risks of lead exposure and provide them with information about how to prevent exposure. […]
People are exposed to asbestos every day, but the question is, how much exposure is too much? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “There is no “safe” level of asbestos exposure for any type of asbestos fiber. Asbestos exposures as short in duration as a few days have caused mesothelioma in humans.” […]
Just last week a steam pipe exploded beneath the road in downtown Baltimore spraying debris and steam into the air and all over the street. The already difficult cleanup was further complicated by the fact that the pipe was insulated with asbestos (http://www.wbaltv.com/article/i-team-burst-steam-pipe-is-old-lined-with-asbestos/10208946). First responders may have been exposed to airborne asbestos as they […]
