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Report: EPA Should Update Guidance to Address the Release of Potentially Harmful Quantities of Asbestos That Can Occur Under EPA’s Asbestos Demolition Standard

Report #15-P-0168, June 16, 2015.

What We Found

Under the EPA's asbestos demolition standard, demolishing buildings that are structurally unsound and in imminent danger of collapse can release enough asbestos into the environment to pose a potential risk to human health.

Report Materials

Podcast: Report Overview with Michael Wilson MP3: Report Overview with Michael Wilson (mp3)

Report At A Glance (pdf) (332.44 KB)
Full Report (pdf) (1.18 MB)

Report: EPA Should Update Guidance to Address the Release of Potentially Harmful Quantities of Asbestos That Can Occur Under EPA’s Asbestos Demolition Standard

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