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Owners, Occupiers, Tenants
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Sustainability Victoria has released its Asbestos Disposal Management Plan
Sustainability Victoria has released its Asbestos Disposal Management Plan. The primary purpose of the Plan is to make it more convenient to dispose of asbestos by developing a network of both existing licensed landfills and new asbestos transfer sites. This will...

The 12th IOHA International Scientific Conference 2021
The 12th International Occupational Hygiene Association Scientific Conference (IOHA2021) 11-15 September 2021, Virtual Click here for more information

ACGIH Webinar – Natural Occurrences of Asbestos
March 24, 2021 2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time (USA) Martin Harper, PhD, CIH, FAIHA, CChem, FRSC ACGIH Members: $99, Non-members: $205 Clusters of disease have occurred associated with disturbance of asbestos-containing rocks.Serpentine is so common in California and...

Asbestos liabilities and insurance
This fact sheet provides information about asbestos related health and financial risks, how to reduce those risks and whether insurance can help. The information will be of use to anyone planning minor or major renovation work in a domestic property that might contain...

WorkSafe Victoria has worked with key stakeholder Bushfire Recovery Victoria, to produce new bushfire asbestos clean up guidance.
The document provides guidance to those who manage or control a workplace, employers, and self-employed persons, who are proposing to perform asbestos clean up (removal) work on a building/structure that contains or is suspected of containing asbestos following a...

New Immunotherapy Drug Hailed as Major Breakthrough For Mesothelioma Patients
Researchers at Cancer Research UK's Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (SCTU) have made a major breakthrough which may help patients with mesothelioma survive for longer. The new immunotherapy drug, Nivolumab, had impressive trial results, reducing the participants...

Determination of airborne fibre number concentrations
The inhalation of airborne fibres in the workplace can cause a variety of occupational respiratory diseases, which contribute appreciably to morbidity and mortality among workers in both developing and developed countries. Monitoring airborne fibre concentrations is...

ECHA Scientific report for evaluation of limit values for asbestosatthe workplace
Preamble The Commission, in view of the preparation of the proposals for amendment of Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work, and in linewith the 2017 Commission Communication ‘Safer and Healthier Work...

Owners, Occupiers, Tenants
Download the document PDF click here

Sustainability Victoria has released its Asbestos Disposal Management Plan
Sustainability Victoria has released its Asbestos Disposal Management Plan. The primary purpose of the Plan is to make it more convenient to dispose of asbestos by developing a network of both existing licensed landfills and new asbestos transfer sites. This will...

The 12th IOHA International Scientific Conference 2021
The 12th International Occupational Hygiene Association Scientific Conference (IOHA2021) 11-15 September 2021, Virtual Click here for more information

ACGIH Webinar – Natural Occurrences of Asbestos
March 24, 2021 2:00–3:30 PM Eastern Time (USA) Martin Harper, PhD, CIH, FAIHA, CChem, FRSC ACGIH Members: $99, Non-members: $205 Clusters of disease have occurred associated with disturbance of asbestos-containing rocks.Serpentine is so common in California and...

Asbestos liabilities and insurance
This fact sheet provides information about asbestos related health and financial risks, how to reduce those risks and whether insurance can help. The information will be of use to anyone planning minor or major renovation work in a domestic property that might contain...

WorkSafe Victoria has worked with key stakeholder Bushfire Recovery Victoria, to produce new bushfire asbestos clean up guidance.
The document provides guidance to those who manage or control a workplace, employers, and self-employed persons, who are proposing to perform asbestos clean up (removal) work on a building/structure that contains or is suspected of containing asbestos following a...

New Immunotherapy Drug Hailed as Major Breakthrough For Mesothelioma Patients
Researchers at Cancer Research UK's Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (SCTU) have made a major breakthrough which may help patients with mesothelioma survive for longer. The new immunotherapy drug, Nivolumab, had impressive trial results, reducing the participants...

Determination of airborne fibre number concentrations
The inhalation of airborne fibres in the workplace can cause a variety of occupational respiratory diseases, which contribute appreciably to morbidity and mortality among workers in both developing and developed countries. Monitoring airborne fibre concentrations is...

ECHA Scientific report for evaluation of limit values for asbestosatthe workplace
Preamble The Commission, in view of the preparation of the proposals for amendment of Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work, and in linewith the 2017 Commission Communication ‘Safer and Healthier Work...
Become a FAMANZ sponsor to help make the asbestos industry safer for everyone!
Making our industry healthier and safer for everyone is an extensive task. In becoming a sponsor of the Faculty of Asbestos Management of Australia & New Zealand you and your company can become a force for change in our ever expanding industry.
Making a difference across every sector of the asbestos management cycle our sponsorship will help ensure our industry is the safest in the world.