Bridgetown.
Members of the public are being urged to follow the stipulated guidelines when removing asbestos from their properties.
Senior Environmental Officer in the Environmental Protection Department (EP), Trevor King has expressed concens that persons are not following the necessary guidelines when removing the harmful material from.
"People are getting carpenters to remove asbestos roofs and trying to take it to disposal site without first getting the necessary permission, and then claiming they were not aware", King old Trakker News.
He added that some of those contracted to remove asbestos were breaking it up into parts, an act that could pose major health challenges for all those exposed.
King explained is was important to remove aabestos sheets as whole as possible with minimum breakage:"When it breaks that is when the danger comes because the fibres escape", he added.
