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Tougher asbestos rules needed, experts tell Oregon environmental regulators
2015-10-20 04:57:59| Waste Management - Topix.net
Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. Oregon environmental regulators had a limited assignment for the two dozen experts invited to a meeting on asbestos Monday: Tell us the best way to implement a new law requiring contractors to check for the cancer causing substance when tearing down a house.
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Asbestos in home demolitions: See the data Oregon officials took months to release
2015-10-08 16:23:54| Waste Management - Topix.net
Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. Without the state's public record law, it would have been impossible for The Oregonian/OregonLive to uncover that Oregon environmental regulators have failed to ensure the public doesn't breathe cancer-causing asbestos fibers.
In Portland, many homes demolished with asbestos inside
2015-09-26 22:46:45| Waste Management - Topix.net
Contractors have been tearing down hundreds of Portland homes without properly removing the asbestos inside, a practice that ignores state regulations and could put workers at risk. An investigation by The Oregonian found that weak regulatory oversight from the Department of Environmental Quality allowed contractors to proceed with the hazardous demolitions.
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How Oregon's construction industry got the state to back off asbestos rules
2015-09-25 15:28:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. Oregon officials in 2002 were on the brink of preventing contractors from demolishing homes in a way that can release cancer-causing asbestos fibers into the air that people breathe.
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Found with asbestos: North Portland demolition prompts fines
2015-09-25 15:28:56| Waste Management - Topix.net
Ed Edinger, Asbestos Training Project owner, gives us an up-close look at one of the most commonly used types of asbestos. It took a recycling company's wariness to trigger a 2015 state environmental fine against a contractor and developer for improper demolition.
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