But really, why are we allowing the manufacturing of asbestos roofing sheets and for that matter, any products with asbestos in them, in this day and age? I wondered if the Science Association and ...

General News of Thursday, 24 November 2005 Source: GNA Enforce ban on asbestos roofing sheets -Prof « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Share: ...

There are more than 40 factories making asbestos roofing across 23 provinces and cities nationwide. Over the last 10 years, the country has been among the world's 10 largest users of asbestos. It ...

But most of all, they’re cheap. Umesh Kumar, a roadside vendor in Bihar’s capital of Patna, sells precut 3-by-1 meter (10-by-3 foot) asbestos cement sheets for 600 rupees ($10) each.

The sheets of asbestos roofing were dumped in bogland high up on the mountain road leading to Clermont Cairn at Edentubber, Ravensdale. There is, Cllr Loughran says, an on-going problem with ...

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he will discuss with the Cabinet of Ministers and arrive at a decision to ban the importation of asbestos roofing sheets into the country by the year 2018. The ...

One of the asbestos-roofed Government houses in Machakos town. The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has sounded a warning over disposal of the dangerous material. [Photo:Erastus ...

Workers change asbestos roofing materials in County council in Naivasha in a project sponsored by Nakuru County government at a cost of Sh10m.

However, Nakuru East MP David Gikaria says the entire asbestos roofing material in the affected schools will be replaced with modern iron sheets at a cost of Sh12 million.