British local council, Ipswich Borough, has fined retailer Poundland £565,000 for a string of asbestos management failures at its store between 2011 and 2018. The company admitted to the health
Inquiry into asbestos at NSW school continues, staff allege asbestos ‘rained down’ on them
A parliamentary inquiry in New South Wales over the presence of asbestos at a high school has heard that asbestos particles rained down on teachers while they ate their lunch.
Push to ban one of the last uses of asbestos in the US: chlorine production
Despite a recent push by the United States Environmental Protection Authority to ban asbestos, it remains in use across the US in one of the last authorised uses: in Chlor-alkali
Castle Hill High School community to appear before asbestos parliamentary enquiry today
Teachers and parents from Castle Hill High School will appear before an asbestos parliamentary inquiry today. Castle Hill High School returned positive results for asbestos in 2016, but the NSW
Largest-ever asbestos-related fine handed down in BC, Canada
The single most significant penalty ever in Canada has been handed down to a Toronto-based demolition services company, according to the health and safety office, WorkSafeBC. The company, GFL Environmental