- asbestos roof sheeting had been buried on an allotment site; and,
- the destruction by fire of an allotment site's community shed/shop revealed asbestos in the roof.
Statutory documents, eg the Control of Asbestos Regulations apply formally to owners and occupiers of certain buildings but I have not seen any references to asbestos and allotments until this morning.
Obviously the Environment Agency officials and workers involved in the first instance and the fire service firemen and officials in the second instance were aware of the dangers and initiated suitable precautions, eg the firemen had breathing apparatus. hoefull all is well.
The two reports have me pondering on allotments and contamination - I intend to come back to the issues if I find more about the subject!
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