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Demolition Company prosecuted after ignoring Asbestos Survey reccomendations

A Cheltenham demolition company has been prosecuted after exposing its own workers to dangerous asbestos fibres and illegally removing asbestos waste from a property in Gloucester. DA Environmental Services Ltd were prosecuted by the Health and Safety (HSE) at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on 5th November 2012 for breaching three regulations relating to asbestos removal. The […]

Read the full article | Published Nov 08, 2012

Toxic asbestos waste dumped on GP’s Car park in Streatham, London

Toxic asbestos was found dumped in a GP’s car park putting both patients and doctors at risk. The asbestos was dumped after dark on Friday, 23rd October 2012 at Rowans Surgery on Windermere Road in Streatham, London. The GP Surgery was charged more than £1000 to get a specialist asbestos removal firm to remove the […]

Read the full article | Published Nov 02, 2012

Appeal to trace illegal asbestos fly tippers in Dale Abbey, Erewash

An appeal has been launched to help trace those responsible for dumping asbestos waste on No Man’s Lane in Dale Abbey in the Erewash District of Derbyshire. The waste was discovered on the morning of Thursday, October 25, by Erewash Borough Council street cleaners. The council’s neighbourhood wardens were called to the scene and have […]

Read the full article | Published Nov 01, 2012

Local residents reported demolition contractor who failed to implement and Asbestos Demolition Survey

Local residents in the Wimbledon Chase tube station area raised the alarm when they noticed that workers on a nearby site were smashing up asbestos containing materials (ACM’s), dropping the material from a great height and leaving it littering the site. Further concerns were raised as the site, which was near to a school, was […]

Read the full article | Published Oct 25, 2012

Family fight for justice over asbestos related death of former Watford joiner

The family of a former Watford joiner, who died of an asbestos-related cancer, are fighting for justice for their father by urging former colleagues to come forward with further information. Grandfather-of-eight Michael Wareham from Rickmansworth, died in May 2010 aged 73 of mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lungs caused by inhaling asbestos […]

Read the full article | Published Oct 23, 2012