The end of the era of asbestos on roofs? Subsidies will help get rid of toxic asbestos

The last refuge for Brazilian asbestos mining, a toxic and highly carcinogenic mineral, remains without a defined destination. It is up to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) – which already banned the extraction, industrialization, commercialization and distribution of all types of asbestos in the country in 2017 – to decide on the constitutionality of a state law in Goiás that, since 2019, allows the extraction of the mineral exclusively for expor…

In addition to the ordinary plenary session, there will be a monographic plenary session on the situation of Rodalies, which will extend the plenary sessions from Tuesday to Thursday.

Our expert helps you identify asbestos cement in your roof and explains why any action on this type of cover poses health hazards. The legal framework prohibits these actions and the use of a professional will be your only way out.

Asbestos has not been used in our country for almost 30 years. Nevertheless, it is still part of the roofs of many buildings in the form of eternit, mainly in the Czech countryside. These buildings now have a chance to get rid of the hazardous substance. In a new subsidy call for the ecological disposal of asbestos, the Ministry of the Environment has allocated one hundred million crowns. Applications can be submitted since yesterday.

The state auditors have sharply criticized the Danish Working Environment Authority's efforts regarding asbestos work. Now a majority of the parties at Christiansborg want to revisit the entire area. The Minister of Employment has called a meeting of the working environment conciliation committee.

The Ministry of the Environment offers smaller farmers a subsidy for the ecological disposal of asbestos-containing roofing, one hundred million crowns is available. Eternitte containing asbestos hazardous to health was popular in the second half of the last century because it was produced in the country and is refractory, recalled the head of the resort Petr Hladík (KDU-ČSL).