Following the discovery of asbestos in Sydney, it has now been found in more than 25 Queensland locations spreading this major problem out across the country....
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Following the initial discovery of bonded asbestos in mulch in a Rozelle park, there were further discoveries New South Wales but what happened next?...
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We continue in our blog series on the asbestos contamination crisis currently ongoing in Australia, looking into the governments suspected cause. ...
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At the start of the year, a young child in Australia returned home with handfuls of garden mulch, sparking a major environmental crisis across Sydney....
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A recent survey by ElectricalDirect has shown the effects of asbestos on tradespeople across the UK. According to this survey, 72% of tradespeople have encountered asbestos in their job at some point in their working life.
60% of these workers will find asbestos at least once every year, with 35% saying they find it at least once a month and 8% saying they will typically find asbestos once a day!
The consequences of this exposure is clear and severe, 44% of those surveyed have previously had the symptoms of an asbestos related......
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A recent study that was conducted by epidemiologists in Spain has backed up the long held belief by victims of mesothelioma that bans on asbestos work to protect anyone else from getting the deadly disease.
Published in the Spanish medical Journal Gaceta Sanitaria, the report completed analysis of previous asbestos and mesothelioma studies and used those reports to show showed that although every type of asbestos does pose a potential risk, there are specific types of the mineral that contain fibres that are particularly harmful.
The highest mesothelioma rates were in those......
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A report released recently by an Australian taskforce publishing recommendations to the Minister for Environment and Climate Action Lily D'Ambrosio has advised that the state of Victoria should set up central body to handle the concerns of asbestos.
The Latrobe Valley Asbestos Taskforce were formed following concern in the local community about the way that the potentially deadly material is handled after two power stations were shut down in Gippsland.
Alongside the suggestion of a central body, the report also recommended the creation of a register to track all asbestos related deaths,......
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The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), a leading proponent for the protection of workers health have recently been highlighting the vital need for immediate and purposeful action to put a stop to illnesses and deaths caused by silica dust exposure.
After the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Respiratory Health inquiry on the risks of Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS), the group have responded by calling for improved controls in the prevention of the respiratory disease, silicosis which is caused by being exposed to silica dust.
The society have said that there......
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A group of villagers from Barford, South Warwickshire have been protesting for the last six years against one of the wealthiest colleges in Oxford over the opening of a new 220-acre quarry.
The area for this proposed quarry would be Wasperton Farm, this land is owned by St Johns College, which are a University of Oxford constituent college and villagers of the nearby Barford say this could expose them to “toxic fine particulate silica dust”, which could cause “permanent damage” to their lungs.
The college had asked for Warwickshire County Council to......
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A school in Dover, Kent has recently reopened following a new expansion after it was covered in asbestos, was crammed with too many pupils and began to slip down the hillside that it was built on 91 years ago.
The new facilities, built at a cost of £25.5 million had their formal opening in September after the construction which began in June 2020 was completed. This new set of buildings can take up to 900 pupils and include carpentry workshops, food technology rooms, elaborates, a sports hall and art rooms.
The chairman......
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