Newly released records have provided further insight into the scale of asbestos and other hazardous contaminants present around Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on […]
Families of people who have died from asbestos-related and other dust diseases are set to receive higher compensation payments under changes announced by the UK Government. The Department for Work […]
Hertfordshire County Council is dealing with what it has called one of the most serious fly-tipping incidents seen in the county in recent years, after four trailers loaded with suspected […]
Office for Product Safety and Standards The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has warned businesses that testing finished products is not, on its own, an acceptable way to […]
Popular Plymouth Beach Closed Over Asbestos Contamination Fears Mount Batten beach in Plymouth, also known as Batten Bay, has been closed to the public after routine testing found hazardously high […]
Asbestos has been discovered in at least 1,000 wind turbines across Britain following the import of components from China, it has been revealed. The parts, contained in brakes used in […]
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued improvement notices to EDF and contractor Trillium Flow Services UK following an asbestos management failure at Torness nuclear power station in East […]
Cumberland Council has warned it may need up to £500,000 in contingency funding to address asbestos management failings identified during Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspections of eight council-owned buildings. […]
NORAC has published a new Technical Guidance Series document (NTGS/0xxx Rev 1.2) providing an industry overview of an an proposed agreed methodology for asbestos air monitoring on brownfield remediation sites — […]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that Great Britain’s asbestos control limit (CL) will remain unchanged at 0.1 fibres per millilitre (f/ml), measured as a 4-hour time-weighted average […]
Homeware retailer Dunelm has issued an urgent recall of 35 novelty doorstop products after it emerged that the sand used as filling inside the items may be contaminated with asbestos. […]
An asbestos contractor who falsified laboratory test reports to deceive homeowners into paying for unnecessary removal work has been handed a suspended prison sentence at Teesside Crown Court. Andrew Curtis […]