THERE ARE six million tonnes of asbestos spread across 1.5 million buildings in the UK, including up to 80% of schools and 94% of public buildings such as hospitals. Any building constructed or renovated before 1999 has the potential to contain asbestos.

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INDUSTRY EXPERT Tim Turney at occupational hygiene and environmental expert Casella, shares how employers can effectively protect their workers from hazardous exposure

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EXTENSIVE ASBESTOS remediation work is still needed on more than 100,000 UK buildings, according to a new report from the Asbestos Testing and Consultancy (ATaC) Association and the National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants (NORAC).

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ASBESTOS IS a killer present in countless buildings across the UK. Not just a problem of the past, the material is highly likely to be present in any building built or refurbished before the year 2000. But how dangerous is it?

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The latest issue of Connected, The Reset Journal is available to read online now.

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DO YOU have workers who wear tight fitting respirators such as disposable, half mask or full-face masks? In the UK, all businesses that have workers wearing respirators are required by HSE INDG 479 to perform respirator fit testing and confirm those respirators will provide the right level of on-the-job protection needed.

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ASBESTOS IS responsible for over 5,000 deaths every single year.

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BSIF IS pleased to welcome a new Associate member to the Federation. The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) and BSIF have agreed a mutually beneficial formal partnership with the aim of promoting each organisation and raise awareness of the great work both do.

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SOCOTEC HAS further enhanced the content within its online UKATA Asbestos Awareness training course.

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Lucion Environmental has developed bespoke accredited asbestos testing service enabling the reuse of gypsum.

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iHASCO, a market-leading provider of Health & Safety and Compliance eLearning, has released an updated version of its popular Asbestos Awareness training course.

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A real-time warning device for airborne asbestos fibres, the ALERT PRO 1000 was launched at Contamination Expo 2019 and won the show’s Asbestos Award.

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As one of the leading training providers in the safety and environmental consultancy industry, training over 2000 delegates each year, Airborne Environmental Consultants (AEC) are proud to launch an immersive training experience, enabling delegates to ‘virtually’ step into the award winning, Hazard House.

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Lucion Services says that its powerful scanning electron microscopy (SEM) can more effectively measure occupational exposure concentrations for asbestos in workplace premises than other techniques.

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ALERT TECHNOLOGY Ltd (ATL) have been awarded an innovation loans from Innovate UK.

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Chesterfield College has adopted Lucion Environmental's new quick response (QR) code-based system to ensure that full details of the presence of any asbestos in a particular location are made immediately available to whoever may need it.

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The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) was established in 2008. To continue to offer benefits to members and protect their position within the industry, UKATA has overhauled its rules of membership.

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reviewing the frequency of medical examinations for workers carrying out licensed work under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012). Chris Parr, assurance director at Lucion Services examines what this means for you.

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Asbestos is a deadly material that was used widely in construction, but it’s use was restricted and ultimately banned in the UK outright in 1999. But it still remains in many older constructions and buildings, and the fine fibrous minerals can be the cause of such diseases as asbestosis, lung cancers, and non-malignant pleural disease to those that come into direct contact.  

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Risk management and occupational safety company Lucion Services has launched a campaign to highlight the hazards of asbestos containing materials in schools.

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