Comments on: Tsunami and asbestos http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/ groundviews is an award winning Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul B http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-190 Paul B Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:15:10 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-190 Correct HSE URL is http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos Correct HSE URL is http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos

]]> By: Paul B http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-189 Paul B Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:13:53 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-189 Apologies. The WHO seems to have disabled this Tsunami-related link (it is now 2 years old). I will try to see if it is still published elsewhere. However, you can get asbestos information from the UK's Health and Safety Executive - https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos Many companies manufacture substitute materials, e.g. DuPont. For an example of a substitute matierial see http://www.steadmans.co.uk/products/as6.htm Dr. Bresnihan can be contacted at http://www.valeriebresnihan.ie Apologies. The WHO seems to have disabled this Tsunami-related link (it is now 2 years old). I will try to see if it is still published elsewhere. However, you can get asbestos information from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive - https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos

Many companies manufacture substitute materials, e.g. DuPont. For an example of a substitute matierial see http://www.steadmans.co.uk/products/as6.htm

Dr. Bresnihan can be contacted at http://www.valeriebresnihan.ie

]]> By: foobar http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-188 foobar Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:28:41 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/2006/12/06/tsunami-and-asbestos/#comment-188 That first link just goes to a general page on WHO - what's the exact page you are referring to? "There are safe, cost-effective substitute materials on the market." And what are they? Where can one get information on them? "Asbestos, 2005: A Silent Tsunami? for a Galle-based NGO, Dr. Valerie Bresnihan" Where can one access this report? That first link just goes to a general page on WHO - what’s the exact page you are referring to?

“There are safe, cost-effective substitute materials on the market.”

And what are they? Where can one get information on them?

“Asbestos, 2005: A Silent Tsunami? for a Galle-based NGO, Dr. Valerie Bresnihan”

Where can one access this report?

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