Asbestos Overview and Handling Recommendations: Part V Development of handling recommendations: 2 Overview of rules of other donor organizations and financial institutions on the management of Asbestos problems: 2.8 UNEP - United Notions Environmental Program, Washington

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Asbestos Overview and Handling Recommendations (GTZ; 1996)
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Part I. Introduction
		1. Introduction
		2. Structure
		3. Definition of terms
	Part II. Asbestos
		1. Introductory part: Asbestos - Deposits, uses, types, characteristics
			1.1 Types, deposits, and uses of Asbestos, chemical structure
			1.2 Mineralogical and mechanical properties of Asbestos
			1. 3 Analytical methods of determining Asbestos fibers
		2. Legal regulations for the production, introduction to the market and use of Asbestos containing materials and Asbestos products
			2.1 Federal Republic of Germany
			2.2 Directives of the European Community
			2.3 United States of America
			2.4 Standards in other countries (incl. developing countries)
			2. 5 International standards: International Labor Organization
		3. Environmental aspects and health hazards due to Asbestos
			3.1 Introduction
			3.2 Asbestosis
			3.3 Mesothelioma
			3.4 Other health hazards
			3.5 Risk determination
		4. Application areas of Asbestos materials and Asbestos products
			4. 1 Introduction
			4.2 The meaning of composite fibrous materials
			4.3 Asbestos in the building construction area
				4.4 Other application areas
		5. Occupational safety measures in handling Asbestos
			5.1 Suitable fiber binding
			5.2 Wet operations
			5.3 Enclosure
			5.4 Vacuuming of dust near the point of origin
			5.5 Limiting the areas in which Asbestos dust may arise
			5.6 Personal respiratory protection
			5.7 Regular and thorough cleaning of workplaces
			5.8 Dust-free waste collection and landfill disposal
		6 Aspects of Asbestos abatement and disposal of Asbestos containing materials
			6.1 Evaluation guidelines on the urgency of abatement
			6.2 Asbestos abatement techniques
			6.3 Disposal of Asbestos containing materials
	Part III. Asbestos substitutes
		1. Technical requirements for Asbestos substitutes
		2 Properties of typical Asbestos fiber substitutes - Overview
		3 Fiber substitutes for Asbestos fibers in the building area
			3.1 Non-textile fibers made of glass wool rock wool and mineral wool as well as ceramic wools
			3.2 Wollastonite
			3.3 Cellulose fibers
			3.4 Polyacrylnitril
			3.5 Polyvinylalcohol (PVA)
			3.6 Polypropylene (PP)
			3. 7 Summary
		4 Fiber-free substitutes in construction area
			4.1 Fiber-free substitutes in housing construction
			4.2 Fiber-free substitutes in water mains construction
	Part IV Country analysis
		1. Introduction
		2 Asbestos in developing countries
		3 Use and effects of Asbestos cements in developing countries
		4 Country profiles
			4.1 Australia
			4.2 Chile
			4.3 Republic of China
			4.4 India
			4.5 Israel
			4.6 South Africa
			4.7 Tunisia
			4.8 USA
		5 Summary
			5.1 Economic Implication
			5.2 Legislation
			5.3 Research and Development
			5.4 Substitutes
			5.5 Risk philosophy
	Part V Development of handling recommendations
		1. Introduction.
		2 Overview of rules of other donor organizations and financial institutions on the management of Asbestos problems
			2.1 World bank
			2.2 International Asbestos association (IAA), Paris
			2.3 European bank for reconstruction and development (EBRD), London
			2.4 European investment bank (EIB)
			2.5 International bank for reconstruction and development (IBRD)
			2.6 Asian development bank Bangkok (ADB) - no guidelines
			2.7 African development bank, Nairobi
			2.8 UNEP - United Notions Environmental Program, Washington
		3 Risk philosophy
		4 Design of a catalogue of recommendations on the management of Asbestos in plans for joint developmental/political projects
	Part Vl Literature
	Part VII Annexes
		Annex 1: Maps on the deposits of Asbestos, Asbestos consumption and commercial trade of raw Asbestos
		Annex 2: Health and safety data sheet for Asbestos cement in UK
		Annex 3: Asbestos fiber emissions from particular processes
		Annex 4: US Federal Regulations for Asbestos
		Annex 5: Commercial names of Asbestos containing products
		Annex 6: Advantages and disadvantages of Asbestos abatement methods
		Annex 7: Asbestos data from the environmental handbook Vol. III: Compendium of environmental standards
		Annex 8: Questionnaire on country profiles regarding Asbestos

2.8 UNEP - United Notions Environmental Program, Washington

Here there are no explicit regulations on the handling of Asbestos. However, UNEP is mainly concerned with the coordination and supervision of environmental projections of the United Nations. Consequently, the UNEP directs more through program related impulses than through project work. No formal procedures for environmental compatability are required for UNEP projects.

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