IT'S A KILLER

摘要

Absestos poses very real difficulties to employers today, not just from obvious heavy exposures decades ago, but from infrequent use of supposedly safe products such as big six cement panels, asbestolux boards and the like, which can still be found in buildings countrywide today. There are two issues for the building trade: namely, how to prevent future illness by adequate risk management, and how to pay for claims presented today relating to exposures which occurred decades ago. We all know that asbestos is dangerous. Its strength and indestructible heat-resistant qualities have proven to be a double-edged sword and anyone involved in refurbishment, demolition, or building services provision must be alert to the risks of its presence in older buildings.