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Asbestos medical recordkeeping standards are 30 years
The employer must keep an accurate record of all exposure measurements taken to monitor employee exposure to asbestos. This record must be kept for 30 years. The employer also must maintain an accurate record for each employee subject to medical surveillance. This record must be maintained for the duration of employment plus 30 years.

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Actinolite

Definition:
Actinolite is the intermediate member; when iron is predominant the mineral is ferro-actinolite and when magnesium is predominant, the mineral is tremolite. The iron produces a green color that darkens as the iron content increases. Actinolite may occur in fibrous form (an asbestos). It is not used commercially, but is a common impurity in chrysotile asbestos.

Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)

Definition:
A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations for up to a 10-hour workday during a 40-hour workweek.

Bulk Sample

Definition:
A sample of suspected asbestos-containing material that is obtained from a building to be analyzed microscopically for asbestos content. Bulk sample analysis can be part of a process to assess the hazard from asbestos in a building.

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California Asbestos Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an Asbestos attorney you should contact our Asbestos Attorney as soon as possible:

Antioch
Bell
Hawthorne
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Norwalk
Oceanside
Pacoima
Santa Ana
South Gate
Norwalk
Oceanside
Oxnard
Pacoima
Pittsburg
Santa Ana
South Gate
Sylmar
Watsonville
Westminster
Fremont
Fresno
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hesperia
Huntington Beach
Huntington Park
Indio
La Habra
La Puente
Laguna Niguel
Lake Forest
Lancaster
Livermore
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Merced

Milpitas
Montebello
Moreno Valley
Napa
North Hollywood
Norwalk
Oceanside
Ontario
Oxnard
Pacoima
Palmdale
Panorama City
Pico Rivera
Pittsburg
Pomona
Porterville
Reseda
Rialto
Riverside
Rosemead
Sacramento
Salinas
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Pedro
Santa Ana
Simi Valley
South Gate
South San Francisco
Sylmar
Tulare
Union City
Vacaville
Victorville
Vista
Watsonville
Westminster

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