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productASBESTOS IS responsible for over 5,000 deaths every single year.
productNEW FROM Shawcity, the ALERT PRO 1000 is said to be the world’s first early warning device for airborne asbestos fibres.
newsTHE INSTITUTION of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has called on the British Government to work with policy makers, regulators, employers and worker representatives to increase awareness about asbestos.
newsA BLACKBURN based building contractor has been sentenced after unsafe work methods constituted a public risk and resulted in asbestos being disturbed.
newsTHE FIRST Friday of July every year is Action Mesothelioma Day, organised by the #ActionMeso campaign. The campaign aims to eradicate mesothelioma, which arises from exposure to asbestos.
newsTWO FORMER company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was still taking place.
newsA MANCHESTER based construction company has been fined and its director sentenced to a community order of 200 hours unpaid work after workers disturbed asbestos during a refurbishment project.
newsTHE TUC and a group of MPs have warned that thousands of local authority buildings in England still contain asbestos.
newsAN ASBESTOS management company has been fined and two of its employees have been jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment project in Plymouth
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