admin | July 10, 2009
Exposure to asbestos in the workplace has been recognised as a danger since 1955. But there has also been a steady stream of cases that show risk also extended to the home. This has included wives who washed their husband’s dusty overalls and children who helped are being diagnosed with the asbestos linked mesothelioma, a [...]
admin | July 9, 2009
George Barnes worked as a shipfitter at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for 25 years, from 1967 to 1992. In 2005 he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, a condition he blamed on exposure to asbestos at the yard. A San Francisco jury agreed and awarded Barnes and his wife, both 60 years old, $10.3 [...]
admin | July 8, 2009
A new duty to manage asbestos was added to the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations and enforcement began in May 2004. It applies to you as dutyholder if you have maintenance and repair responsibilities for non-domestic premises either through contract or tenancy agreement, or because you own the premises.
The duty to manage requires those [...]
admin | July 6, 2009
Asbestos in the Home
When commercial tenants are offered a property the very first question the ask is: Is it asbestos free? We believe that people renting a property for their family’s use should be just as discerning. A certificate demonstrating the results of a Type 2 survey should suffice.
Remember that even if you, as a [...]
admin | July 2, 2009
The following home and building products often did - and may still - contain asbestos.
Hair dryers and ironing board pads.
Toasters, washers and dryers, ovens and fireplaces.
Chalkboards and talcum powders.
Auto brake pads and linings and clutch assembly parts. Even opening a box containing asbestos brake pads can release millions of fibres.
Patching and joint compunds for walls [...]
admin | July 1, 2009
I recently was called to sample and analyse a ceiling in in a North London Semi-detached house. The owner was concerned that there may be asbestos present in the “artex” ceiling coating and as he was considering replacing the coating he wanted to check. Obviously if asbestos is present the procedure for removal is radically [...]
admin | July 1, 2009
On 31 January 2006, the consultation period for the revisions to the Asbestos Regulations and the Approved Code of Practice came to a close. The majority of the changes within the documentation were necessary to implement the amendments required to the European Asbestos Worker Protection Directive (AWPD).
A number of the changes are technical and will [...]
admin | July 1, 2009
Asbestos in the Home
There is a very good chance that asbestos is present in homes built between the 1950s and the early 1980s. It may also be found in homes built before or after these dates. If it is in poor condition, gets damaged or releases fibres in any way, you and other residents are [...]
