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Environmental Scientifics Group (ESG) Ltd, Latest Acquisition
10 November 2009 – Following its official launch last week, the Environmental Scientifics Group (ESG), the UK’s leading Environmental Compliance company and a member of the Inspicio Group, is pleased to announce its intention to acquire the Geotechnical and Testing Services Division (GTS) of Bureau Veritas UK Holdings Ltd.
Source: esg, 11 October 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:32
CL Voelcker comments on Latest Contaminated Land Exposure ModelMore than two years after the publication of The Way Forward document, the Environment Agency (EA) published the final version of the 'CLEA Report' in February 2009, which replaced the withdrawn guidance document CLR10 and the CLEA Briefing Notes 1-4.
Source: clv, 19 June 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:32 18:30
Researchers find microbes that eat-up oil-spills, leave non-toxic residueBioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition.
Source: guardian, 19 June 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:30 11:58
SEPA figures show 300 West Fife sites may be contaminatedINDUSTRIAL spills and the dumping of toxic matter dating back two centuries has meant 300 sites in West Fife continue to be investigated as potentially contaminated.
Source: dpress, 19 June 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:58 11:57
Campaign for national asbestos research baseA PETITION containing more than 22,000 signatures calling for creation of a specialist asbestos research centre was handed in to 10 Downing Street by a group led by a Sheffield surgeon.
Source: star, 28 May 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:57 11:17
Man arrested over Thurrock asbestos tippingA MAN has been arrested on suspicion of illegal asbestos dumping after the Echo revealed the source of a hazardous flytip.
Source: echo, 28 May 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:17 11:16
Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study SuggestsParticulate matter includes suspended, tiny bits of dust, metal, or soot in the air, which can lodge deep in the lungs. Exposure to the substance has been linked to respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart problems.
Source: natgeog, 28 May 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:16 11:14
Regenerating contaminated land without heavy machineryA unique method for cleaning contaminated land was explained in detail at BEX part of Sustainabilitylive!
Source: edie, 28 May 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:14 11:12
Thousands of sites 'left polluted' by growth of industryUP to 67,000 sites in Scotland could be contaminated as a result of the growth of industry over the past two centuries, a new report has revealed.
Source: scotsman, 28 May 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:12 11:10
Soil Association condemns decision not to ban pesticides that kill honey beesThe Soil Association today condemned Hilary Benn’s decision not to ban chemicals known to kill honey bees.
Source: smallh, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:10 16:54
Insurers try to overturn Holyrood asbestos Act Insurers have begun an unprecedented move to overturn a Scottish Parliament Act that allows compensation for asbestos exposure.
Source: timesonline, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:54 16:52
Teacher wants Unions to Campaign over Asbestos RemovalA teacher from the UK has urged her union conference to start campaigning with regards to asbestos in schools in the UK, after she was diagnosed with the deadly asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma.
Source: blogger, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:52 16:50
Former landfill site designated contaminated landA former landfill site used between the 1960s and 1990s has been designated contaminated land after gas was found to be leaking close to nearby homes creating a 'unacceptable risk' to residents.
Source: edie, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:50 16:48
Clean-up of contaminated land in Renfrew is completedRenfrew residents have celebrated the completion of a clean-up to remove buried gas works discovered underneath their homes.
Source: stv, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:48 16:47
Contaminated land: Full picture is yet to emergeOn 17 February 2009, the Environment Agency published a report summarising progress made in dealing with contaminated land in England and Wales.
Source: shoosmiths, 28 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:47 16:46
Asbestos Testing and Treatments in Soils. A Work in ProgressWork is ongoing at the former Vospers shipyard (Woolston Riverside, Southampton) to develop a solution for contamination issues that include asbestos in soils.
Source: nce, 15 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 16:46 17:49
CL Associates and Voelcker CONSULTANTS merge The UK based consultancy, CL Associates has merged with Voelcker Consultants under the new name of CL Voelcker in a move designed to consolidate the consultancy offering of Environmental Scientifics Group (ESG), its parent company, into one business division.
Source: clv, 09 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 17:49 10:24
Mandelson announces sale of UK Atomic Energy AuthorityFollowing this, a second stage, will allow a smaller number of interested parties access to detailed due diligence and put forward a further more detailed bid.
Source: nce, 01 April 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:24 09:01
Poisoned land - soil by homes contaminatedSince 2000, councils have been required to identify sites which could pose an environmental risk under the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations.
Source: leics, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 09:01 13:30
Europe must fight environmental problems together, says IrelandMichael Kitt, a Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government minister, told a meeting last Thursday (March 26) of the European Union Common Forum on Contaminated Land at that member states had to use "creative thinking" to tackle environmental problems.
Source: edie, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:30 13:30
Asbestos in Schools90 Percent of Manchester, England Schools Test Positive for Asbestos: Recent reports show that ninety percent of all the schools in Manchester, England have tested positive for asbestos.
Source: maacentre, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:30 13:29
Asbestos dust left lungs ‘like a time bomb’A workplace where asbestos dust left staff “covered in snow” led to the death of a 77-year-old man.
Source: reading, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:29 13:28
'No limit' to danger of asbestos in schools, Rowen tells GovernmentRochdale MP Paul Rowen has told the Government that there is 'no limit' to the risk posed to pupils, teachers and staff who may be in contact with asbestos every day that they are in school.
Source: rochdale, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:28 13:26
Firm fined £3k for inaccurate asbestos surveyA contractor has been fined £3,000 for unwittingly exposing two workers to asbestos while they carried out refurbishment work at a site in Oxford last year
Source: esg, 31 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:26 13:26
A dry December for many parts of the stateSeventy-one percent of topsoil and 61 percent of subsoil moisture was rated in short to very short condition.
Source: hpjrnl, 18 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:26 09:01
Pupils sent home after asbestos dust scareTHE 800 pupils of a Highland school were sent home yesterday following fears of asbestos dust contamination.
Source: p&journal, 16 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 09:01 10:28
UK contaminated land progress slowCOUNCILS IN ENGLAND and Wales have been making slow progress in identifying and treating areas of contaminated land, a recent report by the Environment Agency has found.
Source: esg, 16 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:28 10:26
Deadly asbestos in 290 Allerdale council-owned buildingsCouncil chiefs in Allerdale have confirmed that 290 of the buildings it owns contain deadly asbestos.
Source: newstar, 16 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:26 10:24
New support for victims of asbestosA vicar whose father died of asbestos-related lung cancer has won support for a scheme to help sufferers in Lincolnshire.
Source: lincs, 16 March 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:24 10:23
Contractor Fined after Smashing Up Pig PensA contractor from the UK has received a fine after smashing up pig pens and dumping up to seventy tons of potentially deadly asbestos in the ground.
Source: blog, 25 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 10:23 18:18
East of England 'to have construction safety visits'Among the concerns to be addressed will be good order on site to prevent slips, trips and falls, safety of those working at height and the management of asbestos removal.
Source: safety, 25 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:18 18:17
New EU environmental liability directive to come into force the new legislation would plug a gap between the contaminated land regime and rules governing damage to biodiversity
Source: bgreen, 25 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:17 18:14
Killer asbestos found at Commonwealth Games siteThe two venues are expected to play a major role in Scotland's sporting future.
Last night, residents in the area surrounding the contaminated land were stunned when the Record told them about the poisoning.
Source: record, 25 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:14 18:11
Residents Of California Town Oppose Construction On Asbestos-Contaminated LandResidents of Eldorado Hills, California are opposing a proposal for a tract of housing to be built in an area that is close to land contaminated with a highly toxic form of asbestos.
Source: maacenter, 25 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:11 18:08
Heating firm fined £8000 as staff exposed to asbestosMrs More said that in 2006 1,000 heating workers died as a result of asbestos – a quarter of all asbestos related deaths.
She added: "It is the most serious occupational health issue in the United Kingdom."
Source: eveningnews, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 18:08 14:25
2008: a bad year for occupational healthOccupational health has been a real rollercoaster ride with Dame Carol Black's report promising us everything and giving us nothing.
Source: pt, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:25 14:22
In pictures: The victims of asbestosHe would cut up sheets of asbestos cement, wearing no protective clothing at all, and by the end of his shift the white dust would be so thick on him he looked like a snowman.
Source: scotland, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:22 14:08
London Olympics site urged to tackle pollutionSuch a move would be in line with the London mayor’s best practice guidance on controlling dust and emissions from construction and demolition.
Source: regen, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:08 14:05
Flood fears over bid to extract gravel at EghamThe land will then be returned to agricultural land, wildflower grassland and wet woodland and will involve areas of native tree and hedgerow planting.
Source: staines, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:05 12:04
Working Toward Guidelines for a Truly Green GardenThe landscape initiative has been developed by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin
Source: washpost, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:04 12:01
Compaction may reduce the amount of water held in lower topsoilThey found that although the top few inches of soil had been saturated by winter rain, the lower topsoil and the clay subsoil was relatively dry, due to soil compaction at varying depths, restricting vertical drainage.
Source: yorkpost, 10 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 12:01 11:24
Recycled green waste compost proves a successThe trial involved mixing a total of 2,300 tonnes of the special compost in with the topsoil left in an area of the Dunbar Works quarry after materials had been extracted.
Source: eveningnews, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 11:24 15:32
Aberdare's gateway for touristsDuring the works, by contractors Walters (UK) Ltd, 16,500 tonnes of topsoil and boulder clay is being moved to create the new camp site and caravan site extension
Source: wales, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:32 15:31
UK gardens hope for a flourishing yearSo new or restored gardens in historic places seem to do well but greenfield sites present a mixed picture.
Source: hortweek, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 15:31 14:20
The tide is turningThe development framework for Leith Docks outlines the planned creation of nine waterfront areas or villages, on 144ha of brownfield land, over the next 30 years.
Source: regen, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:20 14:00
Protect green spaces, says MPThousands of new homes each year that ministers claim are going up on brownfield sites are actually being built in back gardens.
Source: oxfordm, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 14:00 13:58
Brownfield use increasesThe proportion of homes built on previously developed land increased in 2007, as did the density of residential development.
Source: planres., 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:58 13:55
Crop residues have valueAs Kentucky farmers begin to explore this new form of alternative energy, they need to be aware of the value of their crop residue, according to a soil scientist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
Source: frmprs, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:55 13:44
Ground breaking soil project kicks offA project that combines the latest soil science and technology with remote satellite imagery and on-the-ground efforts to analyse thousands of soil samples from remote areas across Africa has been unveiled.
Source: capbus, 09 February 2009 Date and Time of entry: 13:44 13:42
