VADODARA: Following the flash floods in north Gujarat, the state government has shifted its focus on reconstruction of houses for those who have been displaced. City-based Occupational and ...

It can be revealed that Australian Portable Camps, owned by Adelaide businessman Frank Martino, imported 8070 cement sheets into the country during 2010 and 2011, believing they were free of deadly ...

Asbestos, known for causing mesothelioma, was used in a wide range of products in the 20th century. Asbestos was used in a wide range of products … ...

The vast majority of asbestos used in India is mixed with cement and poured into moulds for corrugated roof sheets, wall panels or pipes. Fibres can be released when the sheets are sawed or hammered, ...

The Competition Commission is probing alleged cartelisation in the market for asbestos cement sheets, which is mainly used in rural areas for low cost houses and warehouses. The fair trade regulator ...

British Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb., 1980), pp. 33-41 (9 pages) Total dust samples produced by machining three commercial asbestos-cement products (autoclaved sheet, ...

Quebec was the world's biggest asbestos producer until it exited the business in 2012 after many questioned why it mined and exported such a material VAISHALI, India—The executives mingled over tea ...

Last July, 41-year-old Rajesh Vyas, a resident of Ahmedabad, died of mesothelioma – cancer of the protective layer of the lungs called mesothelium. Medical experts believe that exposure to any form of ...

Asbestos cement sheet manufacturers Everest Industries and Visaka Industries reported a mixed quarterly performance in the third quarter of FY19. While the profitability of former was supported by ...