Managing Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Built Environment: Report of a Health and Safety Executive and Government Office for Science Workshop
| Autor: | Laurie S. T. Davies, Garry John Burdett, Jo Bowen, Christopher Michael Barber |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Engineering Public interest 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Occupational Exposure Humans Health policy Built environment Government Construction Materials business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Stakeholder Asbestos Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Public relations Service provider United Kingdom Engineering management 030104 developmental biology Facility Design and Construction 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Government Regulation Government Office business Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 61:16-21 |
| ISSN: | 2398-7316 2398-7308 |
| Popis: | The duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises is described in the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) policy and guidance on asbestos in the built environment in Great Britain is that asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) that are in good condition and unlikely to be disturbed can be managed in place. Where ACMs are in poor condition or likely to be disturbed they should be repaired, encapsulated or, if necessary, removed. HSE and Government Office for Science hosted a stakeholder workshop to consider evidence on the management of ACMs in public buildings. Invitees attended from a range of backgrounds (including regulatory, government, academic, medical, public interest groups, and professional service providers). Participants considered the evidence, suggested nine evidence gap areas and ranked these according to preference in an anonymous vote. The top three suggested evidence gaps were: (i) the comparative risks of managing ACMs in place versus removal; (ii) improved measurement techniques at lower fibre concentrations; and (iii) building the evidence base on the effectiveness of asbestos management and safe removal. HSE will use the workshop outputs to inform its research planning. It is anticipated that a number of initiatives for shared research will be explored. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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