The presence of asbestos in the workplace is unavoidable in some industries. The benefits of knowing this ahead of time can help steer you to doing a few specific things to protect your family from secondary exposure. What is Secondary Asbestos Exposure? Secondary exposure to asbestos happens when someone in your Los Angeles County household…
Finding out that your commercial building tests positive for the presence of asbestos fibers can leave you in a quandary. You want to make sure that your Los Angeles County business is safe to enter and work inside, but a complete closure during removal is too much of a financial loss to absorb. Complete asbestos…
Finding an incredibly cheap deal with a fixer-up house can hold hidden dangers you might not have thought about. Asbestos, as harmful as it is, has been used in the construction of buildings before the 1980’s to add a cheap form of insulation and fire protection. Have any suspected areas of asbestos-containing materials tested and…
Asbestos has not been used in building materials for many years, due to the known adverse health effects, but it is still frequently found in older homes. You should contact a professional abatement service if you feel there may be asbestos present in the interior or exterior of your home. The only safe way to…
Human beings have a long history of using asbestos due to its properties of fire and heat resistance, and the Romans not only knew about asbestos but also knew something about the damaging effects it had on the health of people who mined it. While the use of asbestos materials is now banned for most…
When asbestos is present in an older building, complete removal of the substance is not always the best solution for controlling the hazard. In some situations, encapsulating or encasing the asbestos inside another material is the safest and most cost-effective route to asbestos abatement. Encapsulation of Asbestos One positive fact about asbestos, and the reason…
Orange County homes built before 1970 likely contain asbestos. Common places for asbestos to be found in homes is in floor tiles, insulation, siding, roof shingles, and flashing, ceiling tiles, and especially around heating sources. Boilers, heating ducts, hot water pipes, and fireplaces likely contain asbestos, and potentially more dangerous asbestos because those areas acquire…