Environmental exposures include PFAS Chemicals; Storm water runoff; Asbestos or lead containing materials; Pollution events as a result of a fire; Metals with radioactive contamination and more.
Tag: recycling
Plastic Recyclers
Environmental exposures include upwards of 2,000 different contaminants associated with the plastics industry. Examples of some of these contaminants are; antioxidants, asbestos, fillers and reinforces, formaldehyde, heat stabilizers, lubricants, peroxides, preservatives, ammonia, crude oil, flammable retardants, solvents, styrene.
Aggregate Crushing & Project Waste Management Contractors
Exposures include puncturing unknown underground storage tanks or utilities; release of oils/fuels from equipment; spills from mobile storage tanks; excavating through and/or spreading of unknown preexisting contaminated soil; using unknown contaminated material as fill and more.
Green But Not Clean
Recycling may be the right thing to do, but it carries its own set of risks. By: Susannah Levine Risk & Insurance The recycling industry is poised to continue growing as humans put greater stress on the planet, and technology allows more efficient extraction of useful materials from spent products. Although recycling may be green, the…