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The National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants NORAC is an association for corporate members of the asbestos testing and inspection community. Their goal is to improve technical knowledge in all aspects of asbestos consultancy.

The number of people who could contract cancer from asbestos exposure in London’s hospitals is a “ticking time bomb”, it has been claimed. BBC London has found 94% of hospitals in the capital contain asbestos. About 1,000 people have died from mesothelioma since 2011 in London, seven of which were doctors and nurses. The government […]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning against the use of KN95 facemasks as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A safety alert has been issued today, Thursday 11 June 2020, urging all employers and suppliers not to purchase or use KN95 facemasks as PPE. KN95 is a performance rating that is broadly equivalent to the […]

Demolition has begun on a University of Oxford building that had to be closed when asbestos was discovered. More than 1,600 staff and students were forced to move out of the Tinbergen Building on South Parks Road following the discovery in 2017. The university is planning its “largest ever building project” to construct a new life […]