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Asbestos: a legal primer for Air Force installation attorneys.

From: Air Force Law Review  |  Date: 1/1/2004  |  Author: Cannizzo, James V.

I. INTRODUCTION

At virtually all military installations, asbestos will sooner or later create environmental, safety and legal issues. In years past, asbestos was so widely used in construction materials that it is presumed present in structures built prior to 1980. (1) The statutes and regulations that today address the potential hazards of asbestos are part of a complex, piecemeal and overlapping scheme to control toxic substances in general. The purpose of this article is to ...

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