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Crushed stone and gravel contaminated with tremolite and actinolite asbestos from Austrian quarries were used for years in road construction across western Hungary. Airborne fibre levels reached dozens of times above health limits, putting thousands of residents at risk — including children in Szombathely's Oladi plateau.
A Dutch national health institute report finds that asbestos fibres thinner than 0.2 µm contribute to cancer risk but are invisible to Phase Contrast Microscopy. Only Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) can detect them — reinforcing TEM as the reference technology for asbestos analysis.
Catalonia’s pioneering Llei 8/2026 for asbestos eradication has been published in the official gazette and is now in force. Mandatory certificates, a regional census, fines up to €100,000 and a 2032 elimination target.
The Parliament of Catalonia has unanimously passed a groundbreaking law to eradicate asbestos, with fines up to €100,000, a regional asbestos census and victim recognition. First legislation combining reparation, prevention and elimination.