10.8 Asbestosis

Asbestosis is the disease due to the inhalation of asbestos. Asbestos is the exposure and is regulated by OHSA and the EPA. I chose this one because it is a silent killer especially to lower income classes as they typically live in areas and apartments that most likely have not been improved and updated to today's standard code per OHSA. Asbestos still lives in the walls and on the ceilings with children and families inhaling it all day every day. It is also in pipes and vinyl floor tiles.

You can find the information here https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/

OHSA has three standards for addressing asbestos exposure. 1. General industry work: 29 CFR 1910.1001.  2. Shipyard work code 29 CFR 1915.1001 . 3. Construction work code 29 CFR 1926.1101. These are coeds and guidelines that assist in asbestos work for organizations. 

 Interesting material if you wish to view it is the information for asbestos on toxnet https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+511
As you might have guessed it is a known carcinogen with thousands of studies on humans confirming it.

Comments

  1. Sandy TanNovember 1, 2018 at 11:03 AM

    Hi Dan,
    Although OSHA has standards and codes for asbestos, there and still health consequences and deaths from expsure. It goes to show that these rules are not effective and OSHA and EPA should have a stricter rule by banning the use of asbestos.

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  2. UnknownNovember 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM

    Hey Dan,
    It's crazy how even though it's been established that asbestos is so harmful, it is still present in a lot of homes. I wonder why there hasn't been an attempt at removing asbestos completely from communities.

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