Controversial Asbestos Removal Method Not Recommended by EPA
admin | February 18, 2009Under peer review, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) experiment with a supposedly more cost-effective asbestos-containing material removal methods exposed several potentially dangerous flaws that could expose the public to asbestos.
Asbestos exposure has been conclusively linked to a set of serious health conditions, including mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer. In response to the dangers of asbestos exposure, the EPA developed standards for asbestos abatement that were meant to shield the public from exposure to asbestos fibers when asbestos containing materials were disturbed as part of building repair, renovation or demolition.

