Birmingham – Recent Asbestos Removal Job

Safeline Environmental has been providing Birmingham asbestos removal services for over ten years now. We have a dedicated team of professional asbestos professionals, who are trained, skilled and experienced in all aspects of removing the hundreds of asbestos products from buildings up and down the United Kingdom. Birmingham asbestos removal is a huge undertaking, as…

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Managing Asbestos in Buildings

One of the main questions we get asked by our customers is how and who should be managing asbestos in buildings? This is quite a broad question to answer, as asbestos was used extensively in most types of building for many years, both Business and Domestic. Since 2012, the Control of Asbestos Regulation has included…

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Safeline Asbestos Awareness Training

Regular readers of the Safeline Environmental Blog will be aware of CAR 2012 or the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 to give them their full title, in those regulations, there is a provision to ensure that relevant persons are given asbestos awareness training. Whilst we are based in the West Midlands, Safeline Environmental is a…

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What are the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012?

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012? I am often asked by clients and customers “What are the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012?” The next question is “What do they Mean to Me?” Read on to learn all about the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and what they mean to businesses in the UK. The Control of…

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Asbestos Removal Licenced or unLicenced

Asbestos removal licenced or unlicensed, that is the question. I’m fairly sure that the bard was unaware of asbestos when he wrote that line that I have butchered in a literary sense. However, from an asbestos removal perspective, it is a very valid question for anyone undergoing renovation or remodels. As a regular reader of…

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Asbestos Occupational Exposure Risk

Below we have listed some of the most prevalent jobs with higher than average Asbestos Occupational Exposure risk. As I’m sure you all know the use of asbestos has been extensive since the 8 century but peaked between the late 1940s until the end of the turn of the century. Asbestos Occupational Exposure is the…

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The Dangers of Secondary Asbestos Exposure

Secondary Asbestos Exposure We recently did a piece on the dangers of asbestos exposure and we include the possibility of being exposed through doing the laundry of an exposed asbestos worker, or secondary asbestos exposure. Yesterday this was highlighted in the national press with the case of  Jill Moore, a retired chief. It is a…

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The Dangers of Asbestos Fly Tipping

An overview of the dangers of asbestos fly tipping and what to do if you’ve become a victim of this. What is asbestos fly tipping? This is the illegal disposal of asbestos waste onto land where the disposer does not have a license to dispose and/or does not have the landowners permission. The rise in…

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Asbestos History – a Fascinating Insight

Asbestos History People often associate asbestos as a modern invention, the truth of asbestos history is far, far more ancient. Asbestos is a natural mineral fibre and is located all over the world on every continent. In this article, we explore asbestos history throughout the ages. Ancient History It is believed that the first recorded use…

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Asbestos at Home

Asbestos at Home? If you find asbestos in your home you should take the following advice; Leave the suspected Asbestos well alone, especially if it’s been drilled or disturbed. DO NOT penetrate or adhere anything to the suspected Asbestos surface. DO NOT use any Abrasive products or sandpaper on the suspected Asbestos surface – This…

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