US EPA

3096569 

Book/Book Chapter 

Asbestos in place: A building management perspective 

Irwig, HG; Oliver, LC; Page, T; Wegman, DH; Ellenbecker, MJ 

1991 

New York Academy of Sciences 

New York, NY 

The third wave of asbestos disease: Exposure to asbestos in place. Public health control 

589-596 

English 

1809172 

10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24510.x 

WOS:A1991BW42W00057 

is a chapter of 786525 The third wave of asbestos disease: Exposure to asbestos in place. Public health control

Successful management of asbestos (1332214) in place at commercial buildings was considered. Management skills to develop and implement an integrated strategy included consideration of financing, marketing, operational, and other conditions in the building along with asbestos exposure. Asbestos locations included: sprayed or troweled on coatings which provide fireproofing or insulation for structural elements; rigid or semirigid wrappings for pipes and boilers; finishing materials such as vinyl/asbestos tiles; and matrices for bedding and caulking. The risk associated with the presence of such material was directly related to the ease with which the fibers may become airborne, the accessibility of the airborne fibers to the areas of the building where people are present, and the degree of attention given to the presence or possible presence of these fibers in people occupied areas of the building. Two general management approaches existed. One calls for the complete removal of any asbestos material, thereby preventing any possible future exposures to the fibers, and the other calls for the intensive and continuing implementation of an operations and maintenance program. Such a program called for tenant education, routine air and dust monitoring, and special training, licensing, and medical monitoring of property personnel. In most buildings an integrated approach has been used. Materials were divided into four categories based on their potential for continuous direct or regular episodic exposure to indicate the relative need for their removal. An optimum balance of short and long term objectives was intended. 

Landrigan, PJ; Kazemi, H 

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 643, no. 1 

9780897666770 

The Third Wave of Asbestos Disease Exposure to Asbestos in Place 

New York, NY 

June 7-9, 1990