SearchArchives for: November 2007Inquiry head appointed in Wear Valley asbestos case30th November 2007 An inquiry into how the presence of asbestos was ignored at a council-run leisure centre has appointed a former council boss to lead the investigation, reports The Northern Echo.
Peter Kemp, former chief executive of Durhum Council, will head the inquir… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Liverpool Council sends hundreds of staff on asbestos training course30th November 2007 Liverpool City Council is sending almost 800 staff on an asestos awareness awareness training course after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report declared the Councils current training inadequate, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.
Over ?250,000 has… more » Categories: Asbestos Information New ARCA guidance on asbestos removal in confined spaces30th November 2007 An asbestos action group, Asbestos Awareness Disease Awareness Organization, has found asbestos in toys being sold in the United States.
According to the advocacy group asbestos has been found in a number of toys including a CSI Fingerprint kit. The kit… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Fear as asbestos found in US toys30th November 2007 An asbestos action group, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, has found asbestos in toys being sold in the United States.
According to the advocacy group asbestos has been found in a number of toys including a CSI Fingerprint kit. The kit, manufact… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Dana Corp. To Pay $2 million In Asbestos Claim14th November 2007 Dana Corp. to pay $2 million in personal injury claim restitution
Dana Corp., a Toledo, Ohio based company, has agreed to pay $2 million in restitution to settle some 7,500 cases brought against the auto parts manufacturing firm. The settlement is part… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Use Rising in India13th November 2007 Despite the fact that 45 countries around the world have banned the use of asbestos and the U.S. Senate recently passed legislation that may eventually do the same, asbestos use in India is on the rise, says an article posted on the Indian site, counterc… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Mayor Denies Quebec Town has Serious Asbestos Problem12th November 2007 The mayor of Thetford Mines, Quebec (Canada) adamantly denies that his city has an alarming asbestos problem, dismissing a recent study as faulty and too small to determine true results.
According to a CanWest News Service article, Luc Berthold, who has… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Asbestos Ship Sunk Near Cook Islands07th November 2007 A ship containing more than was 500 tons of asbestos was sunk in the middle of a whale sanctuary, say angered residents of the pristine Cook Islands in the South Pacific.
According to a New Zealand television report, locals say the ship and all its cont… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Canadian Labor Union Addresses Asbestos Issues05th November 2007 After 30 years of silence, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) announced that a resolution calling for the ban on the export of asbestos to Third World countries will be discussed at their next congress executive council meeting and, ultimately, it will b… more » Categories: Asbestos Information Toxic Ship Still Caught in Legal Tangle01st November 2007 An old asbestos-laden ship that has been sitting off Indias western Alang coast for several months is still caught in the middle of a ship-breaking controversy.
According to an Agence France-Presse article, last month Indias Supreme Court had given perm… more » Categories: Asbestos Information |
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