A victory has been achieved for campaigners concerned over the presence of toxic chemicals in household plastics, with the recent announcement of a ban on certain chemicals commonly used in plastic...
The widespread use of hand-held devices at work has spawned a new repetitive strain condition known as 'BlackBerry thumb'.
The condition is leading some lawyers to warn that employers can e...
In conjunction with the long-awaited arrival of British Summer Time, the Environment Agency has launched a new online tool which provides information on the water quality of...
The Government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are currently discussing a wider reform of health and safety compliance duties to work alongside Lord Young's propos...
The latest official figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that Britain saw the largest increase in greenhouse gases for two decades in 2010.
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Two companies have been fined £14,000 for illegal offences in Northern Ireland.
Foyle Recyclers, one of its directors and Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners were fined at Londonderry...
A new online directory to help businesses find a health and safety consultant that they can trust to give sensible, expert advice was launched on 21 March.
More than 1,600 highly qualified p...
From 1 April 2011, the UK's first environmental tax increased by £8 per tonne, making the cost of sending waste to landfill £56 per tonne.
The landfill tax was originally introduced by the C...
High street giant Marks and Spencer have been accused of failing to protect workers and shoppers in a series of alleged asbestos related failures between 2004 and 2006. The breaches were thought to...
A green activist's plan to hold a "drumming for the planet" event with 50 friends in Galashiels, Selkirkshire has fallen foul of health and safety rules.
The activist, Alan Sutherland, who a...
A metal fabrication firm has been fined this month, after a 22-year old man's hand was severed by a machine.
Jamie Raynor of Queensbury, Bradford, who worked on a casual basis for RDB Fabric...
Health and Safety Minister, Arlene Foster, has launched a new strategy to improve the regulation of health and safety at work in Northern Ireland.
The strategy, entitled "Health and safety a...
Britain is to undergo its biggest ever civil emergency drill, "Exercise Watermark", in order to test the nation's ability to respond to a range of major flood emergencies. An En...
A referendum on direct law-making powers for the Welsh Assembly has resoundingly backed change. The final result saw 517,132 vote "yes" in favour of enhanced law-making powe...
A Country Antrim waste management company has been fined £60,000, and ordered to pay costs of £20,000 after the death of an employee at its landfill site in Mallusk in August 2008.
Although...
