ASBESTOS UPDATE: Canterbury Authority Tightens Disposal Measures

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is double-checking all its paperwork following the dumping of potentially asbestos- contaminated quake rubble in a Christchurch, New Zealand, landfill, Radio New Zealand News reports.

The Department of Labour has found local demolition company Dormer Construction…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Hazard Uncovered at Wellington Demolition Site

The New Zealand Department of Labour said that a demolition site in central Wellington, New Zealand, to be unfit for work after asbestos was found there, Radio New Zealand News reports.

On Jan. 20, 2011, a building dating back to the…