Archive for August 2022
A Brief History of the Belvidere Asbestos Mine
WCAX by Rachel Mann Eden, VT – It looks like a pile of rocks from afar, but the Belvidere Asbestos Mine was once a community staple in the Northeast Kingdom. The Belvidere Asbestos Mine has operated under many different names and owners since mining attempts started in 1902. It finally got off the ground in the…
Read MoreEIA Managing Director Brent Kynoch Participates in Congressional Briefing to Urge Congress to Ban Asbestos
ADAO Washington, DC The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure through education, advocacy, and community initiatives, today held its 17th Congressional Staff Briefing, “Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environment, and Economy.” Experts in medicine, science, and public health shared the latest updates with Congressional staffers and members about…
Read MoreAfter EPA Rule Changes, Which ASTM Phase I Standard Should You Use?
JDSupra.com On November 1, 2021, ASTM International released its revised standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. On March 14, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) published a Direct Final Rule that confirmed the new ASTM standard, ASTM E1527-21, could be used to satisfy the EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry (“AAI”) regulations. However, on…
Read MoreColorado Schools, Childcare Centers Must Test for Lead, Make Fixes
Chalkbeat Colorado by Anne Schimke Colorado – A new state law will require about 5,800 Colorado elementary schools and child care centers to test their drinking water for lead and install filters or do repairs if they find elevated levels. Schools and child care facilities will have until May 31 to test their water and will have…
Read MoreJohnson and Johnson to Stop Selling Talc Based Baby Powder Globally
Washington Post by Andrew Jeong International – Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its talc-based baby powder worldwide starting next year, in what it called a “commercial decision” aimed at ensuring long-term growth. The company discontinued sales of such products in the United States and Canada just over two years ago, citing declining demand for…
Read More‘Time-Bomb’ Lead Pipes Will Be Removed, But First Water Utilities Will Have to Find Them
NPR by Allison Kite Trenton, MO – It took three years for officials to notice lead was seeping into the city’s drinking water. Missouri regulators had given the green light in 2014 for Trenton to start adding monochloramine to its drinking water to disinfect it without the harmful byproducts of chlorine. But by 2017, the city noticed something…
Read MoreOSHA Considers Proposed Rulemaking for Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal
Federal Register National – OSHA is considering rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead-based on medical findings since the issuance of OSHA’s lead standards that adverse health effects in adults can occur at Blood Lead Levels (BLLs) lower than the medical removal level (?60 µg/dL in general industry, ?50 µg/dL in construction)…
Read MoreOlympia Asbestos Contractor Sentenced to Jail Time for Environmental Crimes
Washington State Attorney General Olympia, WA Derrick Boss, the owner of Above and Beyond Asbestos Removal in Bothell, was sentenced to 105 days in jail and ordered to pay full restitution to his victims for environmental crimes he committed in his asbestos abatement business. Boss duped his clients by posing as a properly licensed and trained asbestos removal expert. In…
Read MoreLas Vegas Apartment Complex Manager Sentenced for Violating Clean Air Act Asbestos Regulations at Two Facilities
Department of Justice Las Vegas, NV A CA man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and 36 months of supervised release for renovating two apartment complexes in violation of federal Clean Air Act regulations intended to prevent human exposure to toxic airborne asbestos fibers. Bobby Khalili was indicted by a grand…
Read MoreEPA Improves Legacy Asbestos Scope of Risk Review
ADAO Washington, DC ADAO announces the organization is pleased with EPA’s Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos; Final Scope of the Risk Evaluation To Be Conducted Under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Unlike EPA’s disappointing Part 1 Chrysotile Asbestos rule which only proposed banning six conditions of use, EPA’s…
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