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ATAC Asbestos Industry Update Seminar – 13th June 2012 Oracle Solutions Operations Director – Neil Munro is to chair this years ATaC seminar in Birmingham. This year’s series of seminars will be focussing on the various changes within the asbestos industry that have happened in the last 12 months and will be covering various pertinent industry [...]
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Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
New Asbestos Regulations come into force tomorrow! The current Asbestos Regulations (The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006) are being replaced by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The new regulations were laid before parliament on 5th March 2012 and come into force on 6th April 2012. So who do these new regulations effect? Everyone who [...]
Report Exposes Danger From Asbestos In Britain’s Schools
Report Exposes Danger From Asbestos In Britain’s Schools. A report from the All-Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health has exposed the level of danger from asbestos in Britain’s Schools. The report, sent to MPs and Peers, shows that more than 75 per cent of Britain’s state schools contain asbestos. The report states that much of that [...]
ATAC Release Asbestos In Schools Statement
ATAC (Asbestos Testing And Consultancy Association) has issued a press statement following the release of the Asbestos In Schools Parliamentary Report. The statement reads: We are in agreement with the statement that properly-managed asbestos presents little risk. However, we can provide literally hundreds of examples each year that we personally have first-hand knowledge of, where effective management controls [...]
Our Gas Department Are Giving Away Free Kindles!
Our gas department, Oracle Gas, are giving away free Kindles! To get yours just recommend a friend or family member for the latest domestic boiler offer, see below, and they will send you a free new generation Kindle e-reader. The new generation Kindle is: 30% lighter than before, less than 170 grams 18% smaller body, [...]
Which super power increased its asbestos use in 2011?
Latest figures released by the United States of America show asbestos use increased in 2011. Asbestos was actually mined within the United States up until 2002. The United States now heavily depends on imports from Canada and Zimbabwe to meet manufacturing needs. Import Sources 2007–2010 show Canada provided 92%, Zimbabwe, 6%, and undisclosed at 2%. Asbestos consumption in the United States [...]
Judge overturns asbestos award for $322 million!!!! Biggest ever asbestos payout to a single plaintiff!
Judge overturns asbestos award for $322 million!!!! – The biggest ever asbestos payout to a single plaintiff! The asbestos legal case began to breakdown after the award had been made last year when defense lawyers asked the Supreme Court to remove the presiding judge because he allegedly neglected to disclose that his parents had been [...]
Another young victim lost because of asbestos exposure
A father suffering an asbestos illness sadly died on the 27th December 2011 shortly after watching his four-year-old daughter open her Christmas presents. Glynn Davies, of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, suffered from pleural thickening associated with asbestos exposure. Pleural thickening is when the pleural membrane (two-layered membrane surrounding the lungs) thickens as a result of the chronic irritation and inflammation that asbestos fibres cause [...]
Is asbestos still a world wide industry?
As we start 2012 is asbestos still a world wide industry? The answer is yes! Mashaba Asbestos Mine – Zimbabwa The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) has recently stated that they are close to completing a feasibility study. The study will pave the way for the resumption of asbestos mining operations at the defunct Shabaine-Mashava mines [...]
How can employers stop exposing their employees to asbestos?
An Asbestos Management Guide. As another victim of the asbestos legacy goes public, how do employers in 2012 ensure they are not exposing their employees to deadly asbestos fibres? A former British Leyland worker (Wilfred Allen) who died from mesothelioma may have been exposed to asbestos whist working at the Birmingham plant between 1962 and [...]
