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» ibasecretariat.org
Language: English
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The International
Ban Asbestos Secretariat is an independent body providing
information about international events, news / articles, asbestos
regulations / bans, victim support groups, general issues
/ FAQ, further links and an archive containing information
about compensation, general articles and sience.
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» www.lkaz.demon.co.uk
Language: English |
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The British Asbestos
Newsletter is a quarterly publication which initially
focused on asbestos-related news in Britain, but latterly
European, Australian and international events have been covered
as well.
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» www.who.int/en/
Language: English |
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The World Health
Organization provides the latest information on health
related topics. Looking for asbestos related information the
use of the search function is recommended.
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» www.euro.who.int/air/
activities/20050624_2/
Language: English |
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The World Health
Organization provides its Air Quality Guidelines.
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» www.ewg.org/reports/
asbestos/links.php
Language: English |
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The Environmental
Working Group (head-quarters: Washington, DC) is
constantly working on exposing threats to our health and the
environment and on finding solutions. It is not only providing
news and articles but several links for further investigation.
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» www.asbestos-institute.ca
Language: English, French |
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The Asbestos Institute
(Montreal, Quebec) is a non-profit organization publishing
two different semi-annual newsletters. Furthermore, numerous
documents on health, safety and asbestos products were issued,
which were already transferred to the internet to a great
extent (including a complete manual of prevention and control
measures for industry and a biomedical data bank containing
more than 8.000 summaries of scientific works).
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» www.epa.gov/asbestos/
Language: English |
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The US Environmental
Protection Agency (headquarters: Washington, DC)
leads the US environmental science, research, education and
assessment efforts. It provides general information about
asbestos and information resources. Additionally, lists of
commonly used Asbestos Acronyms, federal asbestos contacts
and of Laws and Regulations are available.
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» www.umweltbundesamt.de
Language: German (English version available, but doesn’t
seem to be complete) |
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The Federal Environmental
Agency (Berlin, Germany) is the scientific environmental
authority under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry for
the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
Looking for asbestos related information the use of the search
function is recommended.
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» www.umweltbundesamt.at
Language: German (English version not available) |
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The Federal Environmental
Agency (Vienna, Austria) is the professional federal
institution for environmental protection and control in Austria.
Looking for asbestos related information the use of the search
function is recommended.
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» umwelt.lebensministerium.at
Language: German (English version not available) |
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The Austrian Federal
Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water
Management (BMLFUW) informs about its tasks and provides
a substantial collection of links. Looking for asbestos related
information the use of the search function is recommended
(bottom right corner).
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» www.innenraumanalytik.at/
richtwerte.html
Language: German (English version not available) |
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The Working Group
on Indoor Air Quality at the Austrian Federal Ministry
for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management
(BMLFUW) provides the Guideline of Assessing Indoor
Air.
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» www.magwien.gv.at
Language: German (English version available) |
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Vienna´s Web
Service provides amongst other things interesting
links related to environment and health. Unfortunately, the
search function is not available in English.
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» www.wien.gv.at/umweltschutz/
abfall/pdf/asbest.pdf
» www.wien.gv.at/umweltschutz/
abfall/pdf/heizen.pdf
» www.wien.gv.at/umweltschutz/
abfall/pdf/a-zement.pdf
Language: German (English version not available) |
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The Municipality
of Vienna provides 3 leaflets regarding:
- asbestos
- asbestos containing thermal storage heater
- asbestos cement
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» www.ehs.okstate.edu/links/
asbestos.htm
Language: English |
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The OSU (Oklahoma State
University) Environmental Health & Safety Department
(Stillwater, OK) provides a large number of links regarding
information, articles and resources.
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» minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/
pubs/commodity/asbestos/
Language: English |
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The USGS – U.S.
Geological Survey (head-quarters: Reston, VA) is one
of the bureaus of the Department of the Interior - the U.S.
Nation’s principal conservation agency - providing some
special publications.
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» www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/
Language: English |
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The Britain's Health
and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) (headquarters: Bootle, Merseyside) are responsible
for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety
arising from work activity in Britain. They are also providing
information about asbestos
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» www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/
hiddenkiller/index.htm
Language: English |
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Information campaign about asbestos
by the British Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
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» www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/
Language: English |
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The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (headquarters:
Washington, DC) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. Amongst other things it is providing information
about asbestos.
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» www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/house-
domes/decor/construct_asbestos-
amiante-eng.php
Language: English |
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Health Canada
(headquarters: Ottawa, Canada) is a federal department responsible
to maintain and improve people’s health. Therefore, they
also inform about health risks regarding asbestos.
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» www.ris.bka.gv.at/bundesrecht/
Language: German (English version not available) |
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Using the Austrian
Information-System regarding Laws and Regulations
the latest issues of Laws and Regulations are always on your
disposal (e.g. §25 AWG).
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