Visualizing distribution of naturally discharged asbestos fibers in Korea through analysis of thickness changes in asbestos cement slates

Estimating the Additional Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Korea: Focused on Demolition of Asbestos Containing Materials in Building

“…The ACM comprise ACS (roof), tex (ceiling), bamlite (wall), and gasket (facility). In addition, 96% of the total asbestos imported in the 1970s was used to manufacture the ACS used for roofs, in particular, which rank the highest of all ACM use [ 25 ]. For this reason, the ACS were set as the main ACM target in the present study.…”

“…According to Article 38 of the Building Act, information related to the construction, maintenance and management of all approved buildings should be recorded and stored in the Building Register [ 31 ]. Information including the building location, name of building, use, lot number, building area, site area, total floor area, building volume-to-lot ratio, building coverage, structure, number of stories, height, roofing material, and date of approval for use, as well as the building owner’s name, ownership, and registration date are recorded and managed in the Building Register [ 25 ]. In this study, buildings with roof materials containing ACS were extracted from the building register, classified by local governing unit, and compiled in a database.…”

“…In the 1970s, about 96% of imported asbestos was used in manufacturing asbestos cement slates (ACS), which were used as roofing material for building restoration projects led by the Korean government [ 24 ]. ACS still exists in approximately 17% of buildings in Korea today [ 25 ]. Weathering of remaining ACMs over time releases asbestos fibers into the environment and results in environmental air pollution and adverse health effects to the population [ 26 ].…”

Disposal of asbestos and products containing asbestos in Poland

“…Asbestos, due to its properties, i.e., high tensile strength, poor thermal conductivity, sound absorbing properties and relative chemical resistance [4] became very popular material not only in industry, but also in products of everyday life. Its common use in building (asbestos-cement tiles and pipes), in power engineering (high chimneys, where dilatations are filled with asbestos ropes, heating routes insulation-asbestos-cement coats), in transport industry (engine thermal insulations of motor vehicles and exhaust manifolds), in chemical industry (asbestos membranes used in electrolytic chlorine production), in military sector, in textile industry (incombustible textiles used by firemen), but also in other branches of national economy, made asbestos the cause of many negative phenomena and processes [5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

Improvement in the prevention of asbestos fibre release from ceiling materials by increasing the penetration of a silicate stabilizer through dilution

“…As the health hazards caused by asbestos are currently the subject of much concern, 1–8 the dismantling and reconstruction of asbestos-containing materials used for old buildings have been regulated by policy. 9–12 However, this management status for the complete removal of asbestos-containing materials poses many limitations in terms of the construction cost, time, and maintenance 13–15 ; thus, the need for using an asbestos scattering prevention agent is suggested. The concept of an asbestos scattering prevention agent is to stabilize asbestos by fundamentally preventing fibre release by applying the agent to the asbestos-containing surface and embedding the asbestos fibres in an adhesive matrix.…”