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HSE publishes latest stats on asbestos related deaths in the UK
The HSE has published latest statistics (collated up to 2013) regarding deaths caused by exposure to asbestos. There are four main diseases associated with inhalation of asbestos fibres…
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Care home fined over failure to remove asbestos from site
A Hertfordshire care home has been fined after it failed to ensure asbestos was removed from old buildings before demolition work. The unsafe working practices were revealed after a complaint last spring from a member of the public living close to the former hospital site on Hospital Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. HSE inspectors found the former Chesham…
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McDonald’s site in Kent contaminated with deadly asbestos
Deadly asbestos is plaguing a site earmarked for a multi-million pound McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant – but the fast food giant says it still plans to open its new branch in Tonbridge next year. The large Cannon Lane development was revealed in 2014, but documents submitted to the council this summer show the site, which used…
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Family, including three year old girl, exposed to dangerous asbestos
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, a court was told. A judge at Lincoln Crown Court fined Blankney Estates Ltd, the company which rented the property in Scopwick, after it pleaded guilty to health and safety offences. The court heard…
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Stoke school forced to close classrooms in asbestos scare
Nine rooms at one of Stoke’s biggest primary schools have been closed off due to an asbestos scare. Sutherland Primary Academy, in Blurton, is now bidding for emergency Government cash to remove the asbestos after it emerged the repair work could cost up to £2 million. The problems came to a head this term when…
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MPs call for removal of asbestos in all public buildings
A cross-party group of MPs have called for the eradication of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. A report by the all-party parliamentary group on occupational safety and health calls for regulations requiring the safe, phased and planned removal of all the remaining asbestos in Britain. >> You can read the report here << The…
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Cinema owner faces charges for asbestos exposure
Court proceedings have been initiated following an investigation into the way asbestos was dealt with between September 16, 2010, and April 5, 2012, at the cinema which opened in London Road last year after an extensive refurbishment, including removal of the fibre by a specialist company. At Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (13), the Health…
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