The Saskatchewan Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization emphatically disagrees with this conclusion. If the cement board is damaged, this will release asbestos fibres into the air of the school.

Some provinces have boosted restrictions on asbestos, which has curtailed use. In British Columbia, "tightened current regulations have generally stopped the current use of asbestos-cement pipes ...

New rules protecting workers from asbestos exposure — the leading cause of workplace-related deaths — come into effect for B.C. on New Year's Day. The WorkSafeBC rules, which are the first of ...

Electrical insulation and high-temperature electrical insulation specialists Insulectric and Interhom have partnered with the Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Localisation ...

1.25: Lowest percentage of asbestos-cement water mains, in Calgary: 66.623 km of 5,309.22 km of mains are made with asbestos-cement; Brandon's water main system has 2.87 per cent of asbestos ...

Asbestos is a natural fiber that was mined for use in construction and household products. It became rapidly popular after others realized it has fire-resistant properties and durability. However ...

For much of the 19th and 20th century, the mining and use of asbestos saw near-constant growth, with virtually every material used in the construction of homes, offices, ships, road networks and in… ...

Hojjat said that the cement factory in Doroud has turned this town into one of the most polluted towns in the country during the past 40 years. At the present, No.1 and 2 furnaces of unit No.1 of this ...

The asbestos-free cement boards are environment friendly, safer in terms of their potential hazard to health and they promote job creation at Interhom and in the downstream industry, owing to the ...