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Asbestos awareness and training needs urgent attention
|Date: 18 November, 2024

Asbestos awareness and training needs urgent attention
Tradespeople’s lives put at risk by their bosses as they instruct workers to ‘get rid of asbestos themsel ...
Tradespeople’s lives put at risk by their bosses as they instruct workers to ‘get rid of asbestos themselves’ Asbestos is the greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK More than a third (35%) of ...
18 November, 2024
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Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
|Date: 20 January, 2024

Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools a ...
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools and hospitals are the focus of a new campaign to keep people safe from asbestos. Asbestos: Your ...
20 January, 2024
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25% of Brits are unaware of the health risks of asbestos exposure
|Date: 14 January, 2024

25% of Brits are unaware of the health risks of asbestos exposure
New research has shown that shockingly, 1 in 4 people are not fully aware of the serious health risks pos ...
New research has shown that shockingly, 1 in 4 people are not fully aware of the serious health risks posed by asbestos. Worryingly, the highest proportion of those unaware were aged between 16-24.  ...
14 January, 2024
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
|Date: 31 October, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alic ...
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on conditions related to two different dangerous particles – silica and as ...
31 October, 2023
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Asbestos cement products – a low risk material?
|Date: 16 October, 2023

Asbestos cement products – a low risk material?
SOCOTEC UK discusses deteriorating asbestos cement products, whether they really are low risk and the imp ...
SOCOTEC UK discusses deteriorating asbestos cement products, whether they really are low risk and the impact they are having on the wider environment. Asbestos cement products have been widely used i ...
16 October, 2023
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Casella says to stay vigilant of asbestos dangers
|Date: 25 August, 2023

Casella says to stay vigilant of asbestos dangers
Reduction in deaths from Mesothelioma reported in latest HSE figures – no cause for complacency says Tim ...
Reduction in deaths from Mesothelioma reported in latest HSE figures – no cause for complacency says Tim Turney from environmental monitoring company, Casella. The latest figures published by the HSE ...
25 August, 2023
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BOHS to end the national shame of asbestos deaths
|Date: 17 August, 2022

BOHS to end the national shame of asbestos deaths
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), a leading scientific charity and the Chartered Society f ...
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), a leading scientific charity and the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection, together with the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (F ...
17 August, 2022
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Have you registered the danger? Asbestos is a matter of life and death for the trades
|Date: 1 April, 2021

Have you registered the danger? Asbestos is a matter of life and death for the trades
UKNAR (UK National Asbestos Register) Global Asbestos Awareness Week- 1st-7th April 2021 This week is GLO ...
UKNAR (UK National Asbestos Register) Global Asbestos Awareness Week- 1st-7th April 2021 This week is GLOBAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEK, (1-7 APRIL 2021). UKNAR (UK National Asbestos Register) is urging ...
1 April, 2021
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The importance of asbestos training
|Date: 3 December, 2020

The importance of asbestos training
The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) urges construction workers to take asbestos training more se ...
The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) urges construction workers to take asbestos training more seriously. It’s been more than 20 years since asbestos was banned in the UK but, because of a lac ...
3 December, 2020
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Protect yourself from asbestos
|Date: 1 April, 2020

Protect yourself from asbestos
This week is Global Asbestos Awareness Week. Although the current coronavirus outbreak might mean you are ...
This week is Global Asbestos Awareness Week. Although the current coronavirus outbreak might mean you are off the tools and not thinking about your potential exposure to deadly asbestos fibres, it is ...
1 April, 2020
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HSE launches Valentine’s campaign for construction workers
|Date: 7 February, 2019

HSE launches Valentine’s campaign for construction workers
Members of the public are being encouraged to share messages and acts of kindness for those working in th ...
Members of the public are being encouraged to share messages and acts of kindness for those working in the construction industry, in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. Using both #WorkRight and #WeCare ha ...
7 February, 2019
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Anti-Asbestos Campaign to Present at Image of Construction Event
|Date: 11 September, 2018

Anti-Asbestos Campaign to Present at Image of Construction Event
The number of tradespeople in the UK who die each week from work-related asbestos exposure now stands at ...
The number of tradespeople in the UK who die each week from work-related asbestos exposure now stands at twenty, far more than those who die through accidents at work. Asbestos-related diseases claim ...
11 September, 2018
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Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
|Date: 29 April, 2015

Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbest ...
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos, the majority of tradespeople still don’t recognise that asbestos exposure continues to be t ...
29 April, 2015
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Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
|Date: 16 April, 2015

Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenchi ...
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenching messages, written by people who have lost husbands, wives, fathers and children to asbestos- ...
16 April, 2015
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Stuart Pearce fears risk of deadly asbestos
|Date: 10 February, 2015

Stuart Pearce fears risk of deadly asbestos
England football star Stuart Pearce is blowing the whistle on asbestos after revealing he could have brea ...
England football star Stuart Pearce is blowing the whistle on asbestos after revealing he could have breathed in the deadly dust while working part time as an electrician during his early football car ...
10 February, 2015
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