Dr. Bill Pomfret; Managing Consultant of Safety Projects International Inc.re-looks at an old problem and what employers are required to do, if Asbestos is on their site, that it is properly catalogued, and where it exists, and people are trained to deal with it

Anyone involved in manufacturing or production should be intimately aware of the legacy of asbestos. The diseases most commonly associated with the mineral are asbestosis and mesothelioma – commonly take 20 to 30 years to gestate, long after the underlying problems have been corrected. The result is that mistakes made as far back as the 1970s are still returning to haunt businesses – and may continue to do so for decades to come. Continue reading →