Archive for February 10th, 2010
Bristol Landlord Fined For Asbestos Exposure
A Bristol-based company has been fined for putting its workers at risk of asbestos-related diseases while working on a property in the city. Frank Bruce and Company Ltd, of St George, Bristol pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates in relation to refurbishment work at Lawrence Hill Industrial Park in the city during February and March [...]
‘Hidden Killer’ Asbestos Campaign Wins International Award
A campaign warning tradespeople about the dangers of asbestos has won a prestigious international award. The Health and Safety Executive’s ‘hidden killer’ campaign came top in the health category of the European Excellence Awards, held in Vienna, which honour outstanding achievements in public relations…
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Holds Sixth Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced its sixth International Asbestos Awareness Conference to be held in Chicago April 9-11, 2010. Conferences each year bring together renowned doctors, scientists, researchers and most importantly, asbestos victims and their families – in a united forum for asbestos awareness, education and collaboration…
Edinburgh Council Fined £14,000 For Asbestos Failures That Put Workers At Risk
Edinburgh Council has been fined £14,000 after 14 of its employees, were potentially exposed to asbestos while carrying out refurbishment work. The workers, including joiners, had been instructed to remove laboratory doors from Castlebrae Community High School back in April 2007 and carry out alterations at the council’s workshop on Murrayburn Road…
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Applauds APHA’s Call For Ban On Asbestos, Annual Warnings For Workers In High-Risk Occupations
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds the American Public Health Association (APHA), the largest and most diverse public health organization in the world. APHA adopted a resolution calling on Congress to pass legislation banning the manufacture, sale, export, or import of asbestos containing products including products in which asbestos is a contaminant…
Hidden Killer Message Taken To Key Trade Show, UK
The dangers of asbestos will be amongst the workplace hazards and health issues under the spotlight at the National Painting and Decoration Show in Coventry next week (11-12 November)…
Researchers Assessing Health Impacts Of One Of The Nation’s Largest Environmental Disasters
Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, MT, have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune disorders, and causing to Libby in 2002 to be added to the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “National Priorities List…
Companies Fined After Workers Exposed To Asbestos, UK
Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. The prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) comes just days before the launch of a national £1.2 million campaign to increase awareness about asbestos among tradespeople…
Two Enfield Firms Fined After Unlicenced Asbestos Removal, UK
Two companies have been prosecuted after workers and members of the public were exposed to unacceptable levels of asbestos during a removal project. The Health and Safety Executive took the companies to court, on the 06 October 2009, after an unlicensed contractor carried out the specialist work at a warehouse in Brimsdown, Enfield…
Safety Regulator Disappointed By ‘killer’ Advert Ruling, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) expressed its deep disappointment at a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to uphold a complaint about its ‘Asbestos: The hidden killer’ awareness campaign. The ASA has upheld one complaint from a single source challenging HSE on the numbers of workers it quoted as dying as a [...]
States Push Ahead On Health Care Reforms And Policy Issues, Pre-Empting Some Provisions Of Congressional Efforts
Politico: “State lawmakers in at least three dozen states are pushing ahead with a series of measures aimed at pre-empting whatever might come out of Washington. On the left, Democrats in the California Senate recently approved a measure to establish a state-run, single-payer health care system favored by liberals on Capitol Hill…
