§ 23-24.5-4 - Legislative findings. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-24.5-4

   § 23-24.5-4  Legislative findings. –The general assembly finds, upon the reports, hearings, and records of itslegislative commission to study asbestos exposure, and of its own committees,and those of other states, and of the United States Environmental ProtectionAgency, that asbestos materials and asbestiform materials are hazardoussubstances in a friable condition, and that they are a danger to the publichealth, a respiratory hazard, a potential carcinogenic, and a known cause oflung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis. It further finds that asbestosmaterials in buildings and products within the state in a friable condition area potential health hazard and that there is no known minimal level of exposureto friable asbestos which will guarantee the full protection of the publichealth.