This paper presents a treat evoked free of asbestos. Authors discussed types of asbestos-containing materials and products, taking into account where they can be found and how much asbestos there is in individual products. The health effects of occupational, para-occupational and environmental exposition to asbestos fibres were presented in this article. ...
This paper presents rules of law and treat procedure with asbestos and asbestos products. Planning of removal asbestos and asbestos products was discussed. The scope of schedule asbestos removal on locally level were presented. The method presentation of stocktaking and resource balancing of asbestos products were proposed. ...
Since the year 1997, it is prohibited to produce, sell and use asbestos productsin Poland. Such products were used as good insulation material characterisedby bad thermal and electric conductivity. Thanks to their resistance to fire andhigh temperatures, they were used for the production of fire-resistant fabrics andpaints. Asbestos was also used in the production of fibre cement. It was used tostrengthen building materials, such as roof coatings (flat and corrugated fibre cementsheets), pipes etc. Asbestos dust is carcinogenic and inhalation of asbestosfibres may result in asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma. The first records onthe harmfulness of asbestos are from the years 1900-1910. In the year 1910,French research results confirmed the harmful influence of asbestos on human organism.Removal of asbestos products from buildings requires special protectionof workers and disposal of the waste material. Dumping in dump-sites for dangerousmaterials is one of the methods of disposal. Microwave Thermal Treatment(MTT) becomes a frequently used modern technology of neutralising asbestos. Improvementand protection of the condition of environment and protection of humanhealth through the removal of asbestos products on the example of four communesclose to Wroclaw: Miekinia, Kobierzyce, Żórawina and Kąty Wrocławskie, is presentedin the study. Asbestos is harmful to health and, because of danger it ...
The paper presents results of studies conducted in an agricultural village about the types of roofing materials appearing on buildings. Particular attention was given to buildings covered with asbestos. Based on surveys, an inventory of roof surfaces, assessing their technical condition and calculations have shown that in the village up 30.3% of the buildings have coverage of asbestos-cement boards. On 33.8% boards were found occurrence of fungi and moss and cracks that contribute to the release of asbestos fibers into the environment. Own measurements of boards weight were shown that during 17 years of use, the loss of boards weight in the village area in total amounted 3853.82 kg. Were noted a high awareness of the rural population about the dangers of asbestos on human health and the environment whilst absence of financial resources associated with the need to disposal of asbestos as a hazardous material.
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Products containing asbestos are still one of the most frequently occurring hazardous waste in rural areas in Poland. The main aim of this study was to implement an inventory of asbestos roofs materials in selected Polish village. Skoczyki village in the Lipnica Wielka municipality was selected for analysis. The type of asbestos, the level of removal urgency, and the surface or weight of asbestos were inventoried in November 2014. The aim of this study was to determine the progress in removing products containing asbestos in relation to the data from 2011. The results were compared with the rate of removal of asbestos from Gołaczewy village located in the Wolbrom municipality. The cost of dismantling, transport and disposal of asbestos roofs from analyzed villages, on the nearest landfill of hazardous waste were calculated in this work.In Skoczyki village the number of households with asbestos roofs have decreased by 21% and 35% in Gołaczewy village in the analized period. The most frequently type of asbestos roofs was wavy board. The costs of disposal of this hazardous wastes from Skoczyki are: 400000 PLN, and in the Gołaczewy village: 150000 PLN.In the analyzed area, products containing asbestos are still present, classified as I level ...
