Potentially dangerous asbestos in room ceilings at Lyman High School will be removed this summer. School board members voted unanimously Wednesday to hire a contractor to remove the cancer-causing ...

The recent prosecution of a Scottish health board after staff and contractors were potentially exposed to toxic asbestos fibres at a Glasgow children’s hospital has drawn renewed attention to the ...

A company risked workers' lives by exposing them to an "uncontrolled spread" of asbestos, a court heard. Stretford-based Eye Track Ltd was fined £20,000 after breaching work safety laws. Director ...

A freight company, its managing director, and a contractor pleaded guilty in connection with a remodeling job that may exposed at least 20 people to asbestos fibers. Feb 27, 2012 Avon Freight Group ...

Jäck says the removal of asbestos is strictly regulated by the Asbestos Abatement Regulations 2020 and will be closely monitored by the Department of Employment and Labour in accordance with the ...

A BIRMINGHAM handyman has been fined after a court heard he released asbestos fibres while refurbishing a kitchen at a Midlands flat. Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found ...

A NORTH-EAST hospital trust has been fined £3,000 after contractors were unwittingly exposed to asbestos fibres at an eye infirmary. Sunderland Magistrates’ Court today (Friday, January 18) heard that ...

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Q. My home was built in 1926 and has asbestos insulation on all the hot water pipes under the building. Fortunately, all of this asbestos has been wrapped. When I first learned about it, I was ...

Asbestos was found in the hospital's plant room in 2009 Scotland's largest health board has been fined £6,000 for failing to clear asbestos from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill in ...