Rochdale residents fear that a former asbestos factory site is being used to dump industrial waste. Although security guards on-site say it is standard building material, the lack of council knowledge of these activities has sparked concerns. Turner Brothers Asbestos Company owned a factory there, which at the height of asbestos use was the largest […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Former accountant victim of asbestos exposure
Accountancy is not a profession normally associated with asbestos awareness, but the death of a man from Cornwall illustrates the wide-reaching issues of working in our older commercial buildings. There was little awareness of the dangers of working with asbestos during the time when the substance was most widely used – unlike today when asbestos […]