Almost as a follow-on from the Matt Peacock podcast the UK’s Health and Safety Executive has given asbestos the feature slot in its October 2009 podcast that has just been released. The podcast and accompanying campaign is aimed at the recent tradespeople who may be under the impression that, as asbestos was banned in the … Continue reading “Grandad’s disease”
On 15 October 2009, Matt Peacock, a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and author of a new book on asbestos and the James Hardie company, “Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed” spoke publicly at Trades Hall in Victoria. Peacock has allowed an edited version of his presentation to be used as a SafetyAtWork podcast which can … Continue reading “Revealing podcast on asbestos in Australia”
Australia has been a major supplier of asbestos to the world for decades. It has also been a major corporate beneficiary of the revenue for the sale of this poisonous material. The latest situation in Melbourne is a good example of all that is wrong with asbestos and worker exposure. According to reports in The … Continue reading “Asbestos and corruption as a case study”
As the incidence of asbestos-related diseases increases, the issues associated with asbestos have evolved beyond occupational health and safety. The corporate conduct of James Hardie Industries and the prosecuting of its directors by the Australian Government had asbestos as the product around which corporate misbehaviour occurred. The prosecution has not improved the lot of the victims. The compensation fund … Continue reading “The changing asbestos campaigns”