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Legionella traces disrupt work for IT giant.
Traces of Legionella bacteria have forced workers home at IBM’s Opus 40 site in Warwick early this month. Although there have been no reports of illness, the council have stated that workers will…
Asbestos Services
Business fined £10,000 due to Asbestos Exposure.
A company in Oswestry has recently been fined for exposing two of its workers to material containing dangerous asbestos. Asbestos insulating board was removed without any precautions taken, and broken asbestos fragments (along…
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Courts award asbestos payouts.
Two families have been awarded compensation after relatives die from asbestos-related cancer. Mrs Wilmore, from North Wales, died the day after a judge ruled she was entitled to £240,000 compensation – she is…
Health & Safety
Asbestos found in Black Market Cigarettes.
Recent reports have revealed that illegally imported cigarettes sold under the counter in Nottingham have been found to contain asbestos. The contamination is thought to originate from the eastern-Asia factories where the ‘Jin…
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