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Inspectas > News > 2017 > July

Month: July 2017

Dumped asbestos at old bingo hall is ‘public health hazard’

Construction manager spotted the hazardous substance at the side of the local former Gala Bingo...

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Posted on 29th July 201731st July 2017 Categories Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Cancer Tags Basildon, Essex, Government, Refurbishment, Trades

Balfour Beatty and subcontractors fined nearly £1.3million over asbestos failings during school refurbishment

Balfour Beatty and two subcontractors have been fined a total of £1.27m after workers were exposed to asbestos while refurbishing a school in Waltham Forest...

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Posted on 28th July 201728th July 2017 Categories Asbestos Management, Education, HSE, Safety Tags Children, Construction, Contractors, Government, Legal, Schools, Teachers, Waltham Forest

Do asbestos pipes pose a public health risk in Ireland?

The existence of asbestos in Ireland's water infrastructure came into sharp focus following the bursting of an asbestos pipe which left tens of thousands without mains water supply for up to a week...

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Posted on 26th July 20175th October 2018 Categories Asbestos, Cancer, Ireland, Safety Tags Drogheda, Environmental, EPA, Pipes, Plumbing

Row over asbestos dumped in ancient woodland

A businessman has defended the “illegal dumping” of asbestos on ancient woodland, saying he has followed “expert advice from day one”, reports the Salisbury Journal...

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Posted on 25th July 201726th July 2017 Categories Asbestos Management, Safety Tags Dumping, Public Health, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Oxford Uni building will now face demolition due to asbestos

The Tinbergen Building, which houses the departments of zoology and experimental psychology, was closed in February...

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Posted on 24th July 2017 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos Management, Education Tags Employees, Environmental, Oxford, Pupils, Teachers, Universities

Hampshire man dies of industrial disease after exposure to asbestos at dockyard

David Brown died earlier this year on May 24 after a battle with mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbestos exposure...

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Posted on 23rd July 201724th July 2017 Categories Cancer Tags Docks, Hampshire, Mesothelioma, Portsmouth, Refurbishment, Shipbuilding, Trades

Essex electrician killed by inhaling dust full of asbestos fibres

An electrician who began his career working in a factory filled with asbestos died as a result of mesothelioma, an inquest has heard...

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Posted on 17th July 201717th July 2017 Categories Cancer, Trades Tags Asbestos Fibres, Barking, Electricians, Essex, Mesothelioma, Public Health, Trades, Tradespeople

Indirect asbestos victims seek ‘justice’ with support of Digby Brown

The victims, mainly women, were often exposed to asbestos while washing their spouse's clothing...

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Posted on 13th July 2017 Categories Asbestos, Legal Tags Asbestos Fibres, BBC, Boilers, Cancer, Compensation, Digby Brown, DWP, Government, Mesothelioma, Public Health

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