An Italian court has sentenced a Swiss businessman to 42 months in prison following the death of a worker at an asbestos company. The jury trial found Stephan Schmidheiny guilty
Three directors and company charged over alleged illegal waste dumping
The Environmental Protection Authority has charged a Melbourne company and three directors after allegedly dumping waste that had been contaminated with asbestos. Kyle Road Developments Pty Ltd and its three
New HBO Documentary focuses on asbestos in cosmetics in first episode
A new documentary on HBO Max, “Not So Pretty”, shines a light on the prevalence of talc in cosmetic products. It is the first documentary aimed at exposing the safety
$13 million spent on asbestos removal in Queensland schools
More than 200 Queensland state schools have had asbestos remediation works in the last financial year, with the state government spending more than $13 million on removing the hazardous material.
$20,000 in fines for PCBU who knowingly sent contractors to asbestos-contaminated worksite
A Canadian PCBY who sent more than a dozen workers into a job site that they knowlingly knew was contaminated with asbestos has been fined $20,000 and banned from operating