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(A prototype asbestos detector unit with the lid removed. Credit: Paul Kaye, University of Hertfordshire, UK.) New scientific tools keep arriving. No
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This is the ALERT Detector - the world's 1st portable, real-time detector of deadly airborne asbestos fibres. The detector, which is currently being field tested has a commercial launch date estimated for mid-2014 with an early price tag of under £1000. For more information contact exploitation managers at The Select Group via the official Alert website http://www.asbestos-alert.com/ Delete the scoop?
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CBC.caBC groups push for better asbestos disease detectionCBC.caA team at the B.C. Via Linda Reinstein
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It looks like British Columbia in Canada are also campaigning to introduce free CT Scan to high risk workers early to detect asbestos related cancers before symptoms appear. Similar campaigning is happening in Germany. CT Scans are better able to detect small cancers than X-Rays which often only pick up tumours when they are at a size that is no longer treatable. Delete the scoop?
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GMB WELCOME EDUCATION SELECT COMMITTEE CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON ASBESTOS IN SCHOOLS AS 75% OF BUILDINGS GIVE RISE TO RISK FOR STAFF AND CHILDREN Delete the scoop?
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Lack of awareness in young tradesmen in the UK is a real problem as many believe it to be a danger of the past now its use has been banned. Add this belief that asbestos is not an issue anymore to youth's own indestructability and you get a recipe for disaster! Delete the scoop?
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January 28, 11:57 AM
Figures released by the National House-Builders Council (NHBC) indicate a decline in overall house-building during 2012 with 104,510 new homes registered during 2012 – a 9% decrease on 2011 (114,930). Delete the scoop?
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Its toughness and fire-resistant properties made people believe that asbestos were once a miracle material.
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Med-India run story on ALERT the world's 1st real-time asbestos detector - technology that could be of enormous importance in Asia where asbestos is still actively used and the cause of 1000s of deaths. Delete the scoop?
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At first glance, asbestos appears to be a construction worker's confidant. It is a versatile mineral fiber that excels at absorption and can withstand the harshness of heat. But when floor tiles or... Via Linda Reinstein
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Only the 37th worst?? Delete the scoop?
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The Education Committee will hold an evidence session on Wednesday 13 March 2013 on Asbestos in Schools. Parliament TV: Asbestos in Schools Education Committee Via Linda Reinstein
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This is a serious problem, one that keeps raising its head across the country. It is frightening to think how many schools contain and how many people could have been exposed. We know that teachers are too frequently amongst the casualities of mesothelioma - will we soon find generations of school children are too? Delete the scoop?
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More than 50 firefighters have spent the night battling a difficult blaze at a former asbestos factory but now have it... Via Linda Reinstein
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Terrifying news both for the local residents and also the brave Fire Fighters. Alert are working with a regional fire service to develop an Alert Detector specifically to help the Emergency Services detect airborne asbestos. Delete the scoop?
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It is stories such as this one, which highlight how important the future Alert Detector will be in protecting, not just tradesmen, but millions of unsuspecting people from being exposed unknowingly to asbestos. Delete the scoop?
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