Asbestos Removal Province-wide: Can Quebec Handle Its Asbestos Legacy?
It’s been an eventful few years when it comes to the situation with asbestos, and asbestos legislation, in Canada. It was about a year ago that the national asbestos ban was finalized. In Quebec,...
View ArticleBeyond the Asbestos Ban
In late 2018, the Canadian federal government finally did the right thing, and put the asbestos ban into effect. For most of the 20th century, and now into the 21st, asbestos continues to be a public...
View ArticleAsbestos and Flooding
A recent landlord/tenant dispute highlights the dangers of asbestos and flooding. In a case that occurred in Calgary, Alberta, a tenant faced eviction after withholding the rent from their apartment....
View ArticleAsbestos Organization Hopes To Raise Awareness
The Canadian Mesothelioma Foundation (CMF) recently released a statement. “Asbestos-related diseases are by far the number one cause of death in the workplace. Mesothelioma is almost exclusively linked...
View ArticleGTA Residents Get Christmas Present: Asbestos-Free Homes
Just west of Toronto and the GTA, some apartment dwellers got an early Christmas present: asbestos free apartments. Source
View ArticleWorking Around Asbestos
What's it like to work around asbestos? That's something the custodial workers in Ontario's schools are worried about. Source
View ArticleBCCSA Leads Country In Asbestos Education
BCCSA – the British Columbia Construction Safety Alliance – has launched a new online course about working with asbestos that is a first in Canada. The system will be launched later this year. Asbestos...
View ArticleAsbestos on the Road
A complaint by a resident north of Toronto and the GTA underscores the way asbestos was once used - virtually anywhere in residential and industrial construction, and also in public infrastructure. Source
View ArticleAsbestos In Concrete Pipes
When asbestos was king of construction materials, you might find it in any one of more than 3,000 products from floor to ceiling. Most of the time, asbestos was mixed with other materials to create ACM...
View ArticleAsbestos In Flooring
City hall in St. Catharines, a small city in the Niagara peninsula just southwest of the GTA, is renovating, and dealing with a common issue in older buildings: asbestos in flooring. Here’s the...
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