by theEHP | Apr 19, 2011 | Sustainability
The Green Home Company, an environmentally-conscious building firm, has received £15 million to fund solar panel installations on properties across the south-east of the country. Over 1,000 homeowners will be given the chance to apply for free solar panel...
by theEHP | Apr 19, 2011 | Health & Safety
Environmental health officers give hotel bosses the green light after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease reports Osborne Richardson. The Landmark Hotel in Dundee was closed for a brief period when a guest contracted the disease after using the hotel and spa...
by theEHP | Apr 15, 2011 | Food Safety
The Hull Cheese pub and Venice Greenbay takeaway were given scores of zero out of 100 for their standards of hygiene, the Hull Daily Mail reports. Environmental health staff at Hull City Council found the conditions of both food outlets poor as part of the Scores on...
by theEHP | Apr 8, 2011 | Health & Safety
Property developer fined £10,000 after contractors exposed to asbestos. Michael Murton told contractors to remove coating which contained asbestos from steel beams while refurbishing a Wrexham nightclub, exposing the workers to the dangerous substance for a number of...
by theEHP | Apr 7, 2011 | Housing, Housing, Research, Store
Hundreds of thousands of homes present a health hazard due to cold temperatures, a new study has shown. A Chartered Institute for Environmental Health investigation conducted on behalf of Friends of the Earth found that the 655,800 rented homes receiving low...
