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Cancelled Schools Scheme Increases Asbestos Risk

Kelvin.Graham — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:31:18 +0000

An unforeseen consequence of the recent coalition government cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF) is the increased asbestos exposure risk to pupils and teaching staff at many current school buildings built before 1970.

Russia Plays Roulette As Top Asbestos Industry.

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:49:31 +0000

Around 100,000 workers die each year from asbestos-related disease. As the world’s top asbestos producer, Russia, with its strong government backing, vies with China and India to be the chief cause of future global epidemics of asbestosis and mesothelioma.

White Asbestos Safety Doubts Increase With New Evidence

Kelvin.Graham — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:55:17 +0000

The battle lines have been drawn up for quite some time now, whenever the issue of white asbestos rears its undoubtedly, contentious head! And that’s despite the many years of developing public asbestos awareness and putting much needed preventative and asbestos disposal legislation into place.

No Great Escape From Mesothelioma For McQueen

Kelvin.Graham — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:06:59 +0000

The long latency periods – of up to 40 years or more – which occurs from first exposure to asbestos to the appearance of asbestosis symptoms, are well known. Victims can come from all walks of life, beyond the traditional asbestos manufacturing or handling workplace environments.

Calling For A Global Ban of Asbestos

Kelvin.Graham — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:56:51 +0000

The call by many concerned health, legal and asbestos rights groups for a total global ban of asbestos is certainly not new but is getting more pronounced as each new set of statistics is released, which show the persistence of asbestos-related diseases such as abestosis.

Asbestos Tile Import Alert!

Kelvin.Graham — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:28:55 +0000

The banning of materials manufactured from asbestos in the UK, the US, Australia and many other industrialised countries around the world, does not stop others from both producing and exporting asbestos containing products known to cause fatal asbestos-related diseases.

Asbestos Protest By The Construction Safety Campaign

Kelvin.Graham — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:25:50 +0000

The Construction Safety Campaign has just this week released details of a mass rally protest against the Canadian industry export of asbestos to the developing world, to be held on Canada’s National Day, Thursday 1st July, at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London.

Asbestos Threat Underestimated In The UK

Kelvin.Graham — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:00:45 +0000

More than half of work-related deaths from six major cancers in the UK are due to asbestos, according to a recent London-based public health report, and estimates are greater than those currently used in UK health and safety strategy planning.

Lack Of Asbestos Protection Lands Firm in Court.

Kelvin.Graham — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:09:45 +0000

It has been often asserted that the raising of asbestos awareness in recent years, combined with the pressure to reform legislation and asbestosis lawyers pushing harder to obtain asbestos compensation for their long suffering clients has meant companies are taking their duty of care to their employees more seriously.

Construction Safety Campaign – Canada, Don’t Export Death

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:30:39 +0000

Asbestos is the biggest single cause of occupational death in the UK. Of the six million tonnes of asbestos imported into the country, a huge amount came from Canadian mines. The federal government in Ottawa and the provincial government in Quebec have aided and abetted the Canadian asbestos industry to create a global climate in which the sale of this natural resource – an acknowledged carcinogen – can continue. Canada continues to sell asbestos in the developing world. 98% of Bangladesh’s asbestos imports in 2008 came from Canada and 93% of the Philippines asbestos imports.