The UK Health and Safety Executive has released a new guide to surveys on asbestos removal with changes aimed at detecting asbestos, making it harder for the hazardous material to be ignored on site ...

HSE Starts 'Hidden Killer' Asbestos Campaign At a large trade show this week and in national radio advertisements, the British OSH agency is urging renovation contractors and workers to be aware of ...

Workplace safety is a constant balance between the costs of preventative measures and industry’s need for productivity and profitability. As a case study of this tradeoff, the asbestos tragedy offers ...

Asbestos is the generic name for several types of minerals that occur naturally in the Earth's surface. Asbestos became popular in building materials during the late 1800s because of it's fire and ...

The Bates College asbestos program is managed by the Facility Services Department. More information about that can be found here. The major route of exposure from asbestos is through inhalation, ...

The Asbestos Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program has been developed and written by the university’s Environmental Health & Safety Department (EH&S) and is the campus standard for O&M activities ...