While asbestos has been ruled as a dangerous material since 1985 when brown and blue asbestos was banned as it was found to have links to mesothelioma, asbestos is still a material than can be commonly found in many buildings today. Unless the asbestos is removed by...
While many homes built before 2000 may contain asbestos in several different structural elements, it may be surprising that asbestos was not used solely in the home. It was also used in a wide variety of different products. Although many of those products have...
With an estimated 2 million buildings across the country still rumoured to contain asbestos, experts have warned that this could lead to over 60,000 related deaths in children over the next 30 years. Unfortunately, as most – if not all – schools constructed...
Asbestos was once commonly used for insulation in construction. But after it was revealed that long-term exposure to asbestos can lead to a range of debilitating and deadly lung conditions, it was completely banned from use in the UK. Since the Control of Asbestos...
The Use of Asbestos Nowadays, everyone knows about the dangers of asbestos use. However, it may surprise you to find out that we have been using asbestos for thousands of years and are only now insisting on the safe use and handling of this material. Use of Asbestos...
How to check for asbestos in your home How can we identify Asbestos at home? In the event your home was built before 1999; there is a great possibility for it to have asbestos in it. Regrettably, asbestos fibres are so tiny that they cannot be seen with the naked eye....
