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HiddenKiller.ca website launch: Diana Miles
Richmond, B.C., June 16, 2011 — Today, WorkSafeBC is launching HiddenKiller.ca, a comprehensive website on asbestos-exposure prevention and the first of its kind in Canada.
The site reflects WorkSafeBC’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the potential deadly effects of asbestos exposure in the workplace.
Asbestos ranks as a leading cause of worker disease and death in British Columbia. The term “hidden killer” refers to the fact that asbestos fibres — which may be released during demolition or renovation — can’t be seen or smelled when inhaled into the lungs. And yet the damage they cause is irreparable.
The HiddenKiller.ca website includes information on what asbestos is, where it can be found, and how it should be handled, along with real-life stories about workers and families dealing with the consequences of asbestos exposure, and information about how to file a work-related exposure claim.
Image: WorkSafeBC Senior Vice President Operations, Diana Miles, speaks at the website launch event.
HiddenKiller.ca website launch: Diana Miles
Richmond, B.C., June 16, 2011 — Today, WorkSafeBC is launching HiddenKiller.ca, a comprehensive website on asbestos-exposure prevention and the first of its kind in Canada.
The site reflects WorkSafeBC’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the potential deadly effects of asbestos exposure in the workplace.
Asbestos ranks as a leading cause of worker disease and death in British Columbia. The term “hidden killer” refers to the fact that asbestos fibres — which may be released during demolition or renovation — can’t be seen or smelled when inhaled into the lungs. And yet the damage they cause is irreparable.
The HiddenKiller.ca website includes information on what asbestos is, where it can be found, and how it should be handled, along with real-life stories about workers and families dealing with the consequences of asbestos exposure, and information about how to file a work-related exposure claim.
Image: WorkSafeBC Senior Vice President Operations, Diana Miles, speaks at the website launch event.