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 ...

San Francisco, November 14, 2023 – A new study summarizing exposures to asbestos during the installation and removal of asbestos cement products demonstrates that these construction activities almost ...

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, ...

Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

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 ...