Asbestos Cancer

... Officials will check work - Fiji Times Online Fiji Times Online @: Front page » News Email to a friend Print this story Officials will check work Wednesday, March 22, 2006 WORK to remove asbestos from the Nadi Market will be checked by Labour officials after concerns were raised about conditions workers were being subjected to.

Even though the ministry refuted claims council workers involved in the removal of asbestos from the market's ceiling were not given proper equipment, it agreed to carry out an inspection to put concerns to rest.A concerned member of the public called on the ministry to carry out the inspection, claiming council employees along with contractors involved in the operation were working in unsafe conditions.Western divisional labour officer Mateo Daurewa said he was confident all work at the market was OHS compliant because a ministry unit from Suva was supervising the operation.He said the workers were provided with the proper equipment to carry out the task.

He said contractors were only allowed into sections that were already cleared of the cancer causing asbestos.The work will cost $550,000.

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... India Together: Beyond the Clemenceau's recall - 22 March 2006 Wed 22 Mar 2006 The news that matters.

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A thorough assessment of facilities at Alang is much needed, notes Ramesh Menon.

22 March 2006 - Since the Clemenceau's dramatic recall to France in February, the focus has shifted to the grim conditions for workers in Alang.

Shortly before he flew into India in late February, French President Jacques Chirac ordered the ship to take a U-turn, with the French Supreme Court suspending that country's decision to let the ship proceed to Alang.

Environmentalists in both France and India opposed its being broken in Indi...

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