Commercial and Industrial Uses of Asbestos: What, Where, and Estimated Releases to Air, Water, and Land.

This one is special. I often see questions about whether a certain product discovered at an industrial or commercial site might be asbestos. If you run across this issue in your job, then I have a “go to” resource for you to use as a starting point. No pictures, unfortunately (although the Owens Corning Picture Books are helpful in that regard), but lots of data and information.

Okay, 277 pages is a lot of information to digest. I get it. But this beast of a document from February 1982 (capturing the heyday of the use of asbestos in commercial and industrial buildings) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency is worth a few hours of any asbestos specialist’s time. As such, rather than suggest that you call me to get a copy, I have placed a link to the entire document entitled Life Cycle of Asbestos In Commercial and Industrial Use Including Estimates of Releases to Air, Water, and Land at https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/P100TZ2B.pdf.

As stated on page 3:

“This report describes the life cycle of asbestos from mining and milling the raw material through its ultimate use and disposal by the customer.“

In my opinion, this one should get printed out, shown or made available to all, and be required reading for people such as inspectors who are always potentially at risk. But hey, you get to make that call. As my employer used to tell me when I worked at Ford Motor Company in 1979-1980, “Safety is Job 1.“

Let me know if you decided to open or download the publication and whether you find it as useful as I expect. Either drop a line in the comments section or email me at TheAsbestosBlog@gmail.com. Thanks. Marty.