Asbestos-related disease deaths in Great Britain exceeded 5,000 in 2022. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published this figure in its annual report: Asbestos-related disease statistics, Great Britain 2024. With…

Any duty holder must know who is at risk of asbestos exposure on their premises. It’s an essential part of the legal duty to manage asbestos risks for all building…

Can you remove asbestos yourself? The safest answer is no. Asbestos exposure is a severe health hazard, and any removal work puts you at significant risk. It’s almost always better…

Asbestos is dangerous, even fatal. But it’s a quiet danger – grey, painless and invisible to the untrained eye, with years between exposure and effects revealing themselves. A threat this…

Regarding workplace health and safety hazards, asbestos is among the top ten. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has long been concerned about the impact of asbestos exposure on people’s…

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The 30-day event has one message: if you are showing signs of lung cancer, seek medical advice urgently. Focusing a month-long campaign on just…

More than 5,000 workers in the UK die every year of asbestos-related diseases according to figures gathered by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It is still commonly found in…

Asbestos in schools has been making the headlines recently, and rightly so. The once-dubbed ‘miracle mineral’ is now known as a silent killer and is present in most UK school…

Yes, it can. And there have been multiple reports of it happening: The roof of a school building constructed with RAAC panels suddenly collapsed in July 2018. Thankfully, the incident…

Asbestos-related deaths in the UK are still exceeding 5,000 a year according to the latest figures released by the Health and Safety Executive. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has…