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COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access
As a leading publisher of trusted science, technology, medicine, humanities and social sciences research, Taylor & Francis is committed to helping public health authorities, researchers, clinicians and the general public contain and manage the spread of COVID-19....
National Asbestos Awareness Week
23 - 29 November 2020 After the success of a nationally consistent slogan and theme for 2019, we will once again work with stakeholders this year to agree on a consistent message for 2020. The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency will also be providing a resource...
British Occupational Hygiene Society Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management e-Bulletin
FAAM News Issue 2 - 2020 CONFINED SPACESThe lack of understanding that could cost lives. View the publication here
Hazardous Homes to Let: Protecting Renters from Asbestos
This paper is published by ResPublica on the current policies in the United Kingdom for landlords and private housing tenants. The UK current regime does not require landlords to manage and maintain asbestos in private living areas, which are not for common use. The...
Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)
Scientists are exploring ways to use mineral waste from mines to pull huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air. On a scorching day this August, Caleb Woodall wielded his shovel like a spear, stabbing it into the hardened crust of an asbestos-filled pit near...
Johnson & Johnson To Pay $100 Million In Baby Powder Settlement
The settlement is the first in four years of litigation and nearly 20,000 lawsuits that allege Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer due to asbestos contamination, according to the report. Johnson & Johnson recalled 33,000 bottles of...
Estimated Surface Decay of SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes COVID-19)
On surfaces under a range of temperatures and relative humidity Relative humidity and temperature can be used to provide an estimated half-life for SARS-CoV-2 with this model with some degree of certainty. The predictive power is limited to temperature between...
Remembering the Heroes in the WTC Tragedy
Nineteen years ago, the nation recoiled in horror as two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York City on Sept. 11, claiming the lives of more than 3,000 people. After the towers collapsed, firefighters, policemen and other emergency responders...
Flores: State of Cancer in 9/11 First Responders and Survivors
This Sept. 11 marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in my hometown of New York City. Nearly 3,000 people died that day, but many more have since suffered and died from exposure to asbestos and other toxic materials. Toxins were released...
New Victorian Waste Act and Waste Authority – a proposed model
Your input is sought on how effectively the model will support our waste and recycling goals, ensuring these services are safe, reliable and meet community expectations. Overview Victoria’s waste and recycling system has experienced significant market shocks in...
Asbestos 2020 conference
2020 sees the third annual asbestos conference, and this year we go virtual! The event will bring together researchers, academics, practitioners and regulators, through various plenary talks and technical sessions with a programme that will include the UK and...