ASBESTOS IN COLOMBIA »

This video is a prelude for campaigning about asbestos management in place inspired in ASEA guideline.

Part VI – INFORMATION SHEETS »

This section includes further guidance and information on the following:

Information sheet 1: Template of an asbestos register

Information sheet 2: Personal Protective …

Part V – ASBESTOS WASTE TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL »

This section outlines asbestos waste containment and disposal practices to reduce asbestos exposure.

5.1 Planning the safe disposal of asbestos waste

When planning …

Part IV – PRECAUTIONS FOR ASBESTOS »

This section provides a list of key things to do and to avoid doing when planning any work on or around asbestos. The …

PART III – ASBESTOS IN THE WORKPLACE  »

This section provides international principles on asbestos risk identification and management in workplaces. Although there are restrictions in place for amphibole asbestos, the …

PART II – ASBESTOS IN THE HOME »

Part II of this guideline provides information for householders and tradespersons working on homes about where asbestos could be in the home and …

PART I – GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ASBESTOS »

1.1 WHAT IS ASBESTOS?

Asbestos is the name given to a group of naturally occurring fibrous silicate minerals found in rock formations. There …

ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT IN PLACE (Introduction) »

Asbestos Guidelines

 INTRODUCTION

Colombia has enacted a full ban on all forms of asbestos that comes into effect on 1 January 2021. Although …

A SPECTRUM OF LEGIBILITY »

When is a socially engaged work of art too obvious? And when is it too confusing?[1]

For many involved in the …

A Critique of the Canadian Asbestos Mining Industry and McGill University Chrysotile Studies »

Exposing the ‘‘Myth’’ of ABC, ‘‘Anything But Chrysotile’’: A Critique of the Canadian Asbestos Mining Industry and McGill University Chrysotile Studies

David Egilman, …