Site Development
September 14, 2009 by ACG
Filed under General Info
We are excited to have the bare bones of our new website now online.
Please bear with us while we attempt to present information and resources to you in the simplest and most accessible way.
Suggestions and feedback are more than welcome as we develop the site. If the information you want is not here [...]
Asbestos Risks
September 13, 2009 by ACG
Filed under General Info, WorkSafe Asbestos Stakeholders Reference Group
Barry Robson from the Asbestos Diseases Foundation says that home renovators are the next big wave of sufferers from asbestos-related disease.
“The poor buggers who work in the industrial side of the asbestos will all be dead in another 10, 15 years. But the home renovators, the young people who are renovating their homes, are [...]
Background
September 13, 2009 by ACG
Filed under General Info
Until 1972, most of the buildings in this country were constructed with asbestos, including schools, offices and homes. At the time, no one had any idea that when inhaled asbestos was deadly. Today, people and asbestos precariously coexist in old buildings. When asbestos is disturbed, it becomes a health threat to human beings.
Asbestos is a [...]