Worcester News, Thursday 27th September 2007 reported that a housing association is reassuring residents in Worcester that asbestos found in their homes poses no threat to them.
Nexus Housing, part of the West Mercia Housing group, is undertaking work on 50 of its buildings in Saddlers Walk and Goldsmith's Road, Blackpole, to remove the substance.
But the Bromsgrove-based company has said it poses no threat unless it is disturbed and not properly dealt with. Asbestos is completely safe if left undisturbed. However, it poses a health risk when fibres are airborne and can lodge in the tissue of people's lungs.
Asbestos is the greatest cause of work-related deaths in Britain.
Kitchens and bathrooms across the group's property stock are being upgraded, and as part of the work, asbestos surveys were carried out at each property. In some cases these confirmed the presence of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
A licensed asbestos removal contractor has been employed to remove these materials.
To read the full story, please click on the link below: http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/display.var.1719983.0.housing_association_reassures_over_asbestos.php
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