Asbestos in Gardens, a real risk to health
IOM is running half day seminars on “Asbestos Contamination in Gardens” on Tuesday, 18th May 2010 in Chesterfield and on Wednesday, 19th May in Keele, Staffordshire. Both seminars start at 11.00am and finish at 3.00pm.
We regularly find asbestos contamination in gardens in housing estates, often on redeveloped brownfield sites. Concentrations can be disturbingly high. In dry weather, asbestos can easily become airborne as a result of active gardening and children’s sports and games. Asbestos in gardens can also be transferred inside, causing additional, secondary exposures. Our risk assessments have revealed that these asbestos exposures can cause small increased risks of lung cancer and mesothelioma.
This seminar will discuss asbestos in brownfield sites, assessing the contamination, how exposure occurs, risks to health, remediation and SPOSH. This half day event is aimed at EHOs, Contaminated Land Officers and others involved with assessing and managing health risks from contaminated land.
The seminar programmeand booking form are available here as PDF downloads.