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Ancient Asbestos Information
One piece of asbestos information to be aware about is the name Asbestos was named by the ancient Greeks, although the naming of minerals was not very consistent at that time. The ancients already recognized certain hazards of the material.
The Greek geographer Strabo and the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder noted asbestos information such has the material damaged lungs of slaves who wove it into cloth. Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, is said to have had a tablecloth made of asbestos.
In Japan, particularly after World War 2, asbestos was used in the manufacture of ammonium sulfate for purposes of rice production, sprayed upon the ceilings, iron skeletons, and walls of railroad cars and buildings (during the 1960s), and used for energy efficiency reasons as well. Production of asbestos in Japan peaked in 1974 and went through ups and downs until about 1990, when production began to drop severely.
In the European Union and Australia it has been banned as a potential health hazard and is not used at all. Japan is moving in the same direction, but more slowly. Revelations that hundreds of workers had died in Japan over the previous few decades from diseases related to asbestos sparked a scandall in mid-2005. Tokyo had, in 1971, ordered companies handling asbestos to install ventilators and check health on a regular basis, howether, the Japanese government did not ban crocidolite and amosite until 1995, and a full-fledged ban on asbestos was implemented in October 2004.
For further advice on asbestos information offered by FibrecleanUK.com, please contact our office on 0800 917 35 70 or complete the online enquiry form within the contact us section. We will be happy to discuss your specific asbestos removal requirements and tailor an asbestos information service to meet your needs.
COMPANY INFORMATION
FibrecleanUK.com, Units 1 & 2,
Maltings Farm, Grange Road, Blunham
Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 3NS
Company Reg No: 6848911
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HSE Asbestos Licence No: 2090905402
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CERTIFICATION & ACCREDITATIONS
Ian McKinnon, Managing Director of Exor Management Services " Major public organisations can no longer run the risk of employing asbestos removal contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound range of business policies. More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that FibrecleanUK.com has done. The firm's high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
