Negative pressure enclosures are required for high-risk asbestos removal projects and aside from some variables including size and worker occupation, the fundamental components of an enclosure are essentially alike in design.
Canada is poised to change the regulations regarding the handling of asbestos, making stricter safety rules. Why is this happening and what does this mean for the industry and the public? In today’s blog, we’re going to talk about asbestos.
Protecting an asbestos removal site and the workers within it is an important task. Any company with years of experience, who are leaders in the industry, know exactly why safety and protection are so important.
By 2018 Canada will ban the use of asbestos. A news release, Dec. 15, 2016, from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, outlined the new measures to eliminate asbestos:
Asbestos is defined as any of six incombustible, chemical-resistant, fibrous minerals that has been used historically in over 3,000 building products prior to 1990
Asbestos has long been known to be a health risk for decades. As with anything else that has been in the news for so long, the question becomes how serious of a problem is asbestos today in 2015.
