Podcast Technology Enables Health & Safety Managers To
Keep On Top Of Changing Legislation.
March 2008
Euro Environmental Ltd is set to utilise the latest trend in podcasting to assist organisations in keeping up to date with changing regulations..
Vibration plus repetition equals compensation minus job
March 2008
A worker who suffered career-ending ill-health caused by exposure to vibration and repetitive work has received a £20,000 compensation payout.
Workplace noise still a health threat
March 2008
Workers, some exposed recently, are still developing noise-induced hearing loss, recent compensation cases show.
Safety of Cosmetics Containing Nanoparticles Questioned
Jan 2008
Fears were expressed about the safety of some cosmetics at the BA Festival of Science in York on Wednesday.
Conman sent to jail for 18 months
September 2007
Bogus asbestos investigator Barrie Christy has been jailed after conning four companies out of at least £10,000 - and causing "massive losses" to one.
DNA test may speed chemical damage cases
September 2007
A new DNA test could help to prove if people have had their health damaged by exposure to toxic chemicals.
Patient who overcame leukaemia killed by a dirty hospital shower
March 2007
A father of three died after he contracted an infection from a hospital shower on the day that he was due to be discharged after successful treatment for leukaemia.
Asbestos claim law change backed
March 2007
Changes in the law making it easier for people to claim compensation for asbestos-related lung cancer have been passed by the Scottish Parliament.
Wood – not always as harmless as we’d like to think…
March 2007
It is well known that wood dust can cause cancer. In France alone, 308,000 workers are exposed to it.
Legion bug alert at research labs
March 2007
A WORKER is undergoing treatment for Legionnaires disease after traces of the bacteria which causes the potentially-fatal illness were found at his workplace.
UK's first eco village hit by asbestos claims
March 2007
AN old factory that could become the UK's first eco village may pose a serious asbestos threat, former workers have claimed.
UK company fined for condition of water chiller.
February 2007
7 February 2007 – Linpac Materials Handling UK has been fined £2,500, and ordered to pay half the costs (£13,000), after a water chiller at its Midland plant was found to be a Legionnaires’ disease risk.
200,000 Will Die In Asbestos Timebomb
February 2007
NEARLY 200,000 people will die from asbestos-related cancer up to 40 years after coming into contact with the killer fibre, scientists warned yesterday.
U.K. appeal court clarifies asbestos position
February 2007
LONDON, England — The Court of Appeal has clarified the position on employer’s liability to claimants who contract asbestos-induced mesothelioma.
Union starts probe at toxic leak plant
January 2007
A Teesside chemical plant closed down after a toxic leak last week injured 37 people has reopened. The move came as a union started its own investigation into possible worker safety concerns on the site.
Finding a way through the Asbestos
Jungle
September 2006
Rotherham based environmental consultants Euro Environmental Ltd are currently attacking the problems involved in the location and management of Asbestos in both our homes and working environments on a day to day basis.
