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This is how asbestos companies get around the Swedish Work Environment Authority’s rules
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenCompanies that demolished asbestos in such dangerous ways that they were banned from handling the substance can still continue. Archive image. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/Svd/TT The Work…
Children removed asbestos – paid in cash
Children tearing asbestos sheets from a building – completely without protective equipment. That’s what met the Danish equivalent of the Work Environment Agency during an inspection visit to a property…
New setback during Bosbad work: asbestos in parts of the pipework
On March 26, asbestos pipes were found around part of the basin. The work was immediately stopped and an expert agency was called in to examine the pipework. This inspection…
Asbestos in schools: the shock investigation not to be missed
News Published on 03/04/2024 at 3:39 p.m. Updated 03/04/2024 at 3:39 p.m. Reading 3 min. Last June, journalists from “Vert de rage” revealed the presence of asbestos in thousands of…
Asbestos: ovarian and larynx cancers recognized as occupational diseases
News Published on 10/17/2023 at 12:22 p.m. Updated 10/17/2023 at 12:22 p.m. Reading 2 min. Beyond pleural cancer, asbestos is the cause of numerous laryngeal and ovarian cancers. Since October…
Asbestos: ovarian and larynx cancers recognized as occupational diseases
News Published on 10/17/2023 at 12:22 p.m. Updated 10/17/2023 at 12:22 p.m. Reading 2 min. Beyond pleural cancer, asbestos is the cause of numerous laryngeal and ovarian cancers. Since October…
No risk of contamination from asbestos at the heavily damaged Leusden building
Local residents told the AD last week that the damage was caused by an excavator. Someone would have deliberately driven into the building at full speed. When police arrived, the…
Asbestos: many schools in France would still be affected by this dangerous insulator
News Published on 06/12/2023 at 6:06 p.m. Updated 06/12/2023 at 6:06 p.m. Reading 2 mins. This is a unique search engine offered by France Info on its site. It lets…
Check whether or not your child’s school contains asbestos
According to a survey by the program “Vert de rage” on France 5, asbestos is present in 28.4% of French primary schools. A figure largely “underestimated” according to journalists who…
Asbestos: justice refuses a criminal trial demanded by 1,800 plaintiffs
News Published on 05/22/2023 at 2:43 p.m. Updated 05/22/2023 at 2:43 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Friday, May 19, the Paris court refused to conduct criminal proceedings requested by 1,800 victims…