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Is asbestos still dangerous?

Dec 5, 2018

There can be no doubt that asbestos is a very dangerous material. In the UK, two forms of asbestos were banned from use in 1985, and then in 1999 the government took further steps to completely ban asbestos from use in the country. It is nearly 20 years since that...

Protecting your pets from asbestos exposure

Nov 30, 2018

Asbestos is well known as a substance that is dangerous for humans. When the fibres are released into the atmosphere they can be breathed into the lungs. Exposure to asbestos is directly linked to a number of very serious chronic conditions and can decrease quality of...

What is asbestos and why was it used?

Nov 16, 2018

Asbestos is well known now for being a substance that is very dangerous for people to be around. However, it is often misunderstood. For example, some people believe that asbestos can no longer be found in any modern properties or that it cannot possibly be present in...

Asbestos: when and when not to worry

Oct 10, 2018

Even if you don’t know very much about asbestos, you might assume that if you found asbestos on your property that you would need to worry. After all, asbestos is an extremely hazardous material to human health and causes thousands of deaths in the UK every year. But...

Why was asbestos such a popular material?

Oct 3, 2018

Asbestos is a very hazardous material to human health, but it was used for many years in construction and across a huge range of industries. Given the risks and dangers that it poses, many people wonder why asbestos ever become so popular. Here we look at some of the...

3 materials that you didn’t know contain asbestos

Sep 13, 2018

Asbestos was banned completely from use in the UK in 1999. But up until then it has been a very commonly used material in many forms of building and construction. It is well known that asbestos has been used for its strong insulation properties, and therefore can be...