Rogelio Lowe (aka Roger Lowe) at Thornton, California was three months of home confinement and 300 hours is for non-profit in October 2009 to 11 counts of mail fraud and false statements accused sentenced. Lowe cheated his paying students E & D environmental safety training Inc. in Hayward by teaching asbestos removal classes, do not comply with federal law.
Asbestos is a toxic mineral which was used in building material in the course of centuries of 19th and 20th, that now must be removed when older buildings renovated or demolished. Asbestos is classified as a dangerous substance and carcinogen known as it can result in deadly diseases such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective lining of the large cavity and organs of the body.
Legally asbestos can be removed only by a certified worker, a four days, 32 hours has received training includes lectures, demonstration, at least 14 hours of practical exercises and tests respirator fit. A closed book exam students must be certified and take a refresher course each year after certification pass.
If asbestos is not properly removed, there is a high risk of exposure to asbestos, especially for those asbestos work around. In the disturbed, free minute asbestos fibers that can easily be inhaled. These fibres lodge in the lung and damage over decades, finally in pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma, developed the lungs and stomach lining or affect.
Lowe allowed and not teaches the required number of hours, keep classes that were less than 30 minutes, answers to examinations and forging of tests for students. He would then issue certificates for students and calculate your employer.
