Industry bodies launch asbestos skills certification
Asbestos professionals in the UK have joined forces to launch a certification card so that workers can prove they are qualified to handle the material...
Category: Asbestos
How exposure to asbestos is still putting lives at risk – 20 years since it was banned
At least 5,000 deaths each year in the UK can be linked to asbestos exposure, despite the substance being banned in 1999...
Electrician wins asbestos case against car manufacturers Vauxhall
An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court...
Much lauded documentary about mesothelioma and asbestos exposure now available online
The acclaimed new asbestos documentary “Dirty Laundry” is now available for the world to see. In the film, two cousins cycle more than 4,000 miles from California to New York, fueled by curiosity about their grandmother’s surprise death from mesothelioma...
HSE to target construction firms in new health inspections, with focus on asbestos
These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease ...
“Asbestos particles in smoke” could be risk for Grenfell Tower survivors
Firefighters who tackled the Grenfell Tower fire are among those who may have been exposed to toxic fumes, with surviving children also at risk...
HSE offers advice to users of Bunsen burner wire gauzes that may contain asbestos
As a precautionary measure, and in line with the general legal requirement to prevent exposure to asbestos, the gauzes should be disposed of ...
HSE investigate supply of metal gauze mats which contain asbestos to schools
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been made aware that two UK laboratory supply companies have supplied schools and potentially other users with gauze mats which contain asbestos...