I may have been the first to publish about the ticking time-bomb of Hessian bags used to to transport asbestos, then used to make carpet underlay. Bromwich, D. W. (2006). “The 2005 Australian Asbestos Codes of Practice – An Occupational Hygiene Perspective.” Journal of Occupational Health and Safety – Australia […]
Fibres
CBS News in Canada has a disturbinbg video of the use use of Canadian chrysotile asbestos in India. No effective respiratory protection was seen to be used in the dusty workplace where asbestos was spun.
“Canada’s Ugly Secret”
What you see is not what you get. The paper: Stayner, L., E. Kuempel, et al. (2008). “An epidemiological study of the role of chrysotile asbestos fibre dimensions in determining respiratory disease risk in exposed workers.” Occup Environ Med 65(9): 613-619.
Asbestos fibre size
A case-control study (622 cases, 1420 controls) by Professor Julian Peto and others and funded by the UK HSE “A Occupational, domestic and environmental mesothelioma risks in Britain” has just been released.
2009 UK Mesothelioma Study
It appears that the Australian Government is about to offer free ceiling insulation to thousands of homes. That fine when you want to keep the cool in with air conditioning or the warmth in with heating. However,
Another insulation myth
The “natural” insulation industry has done lot to frighten people about mineral and glass insulation
Insulation myths
Another holiday job gave me insights into heat stress. I was in high school and my holiday job was helping an electrician install fire alarms in a new school. My job was to get into