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A trade union has complained that its field engineers in the telecommunications sector continue to suffer verbal attacks, abuse and intimidation as a result of conspiracy theories that coronavirus is somehow being spread by the rollout of 5G.

Scientists have been looking at the ways in which weather conditions, such as a light breeze at an outdoor work site, could affect the risk associated with the coronavirus.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says the risk of air conditioning spreading the coronavirus is extremely low.

The Government has provided a list on its website of the representative bodies and trade organisations that are providing coronavirus-related support for businesses.

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have found that over half of a group of rice varieties sold in the UK contained levels of arsenic that were higher than allowed for babies and young children.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded building occupiers, businesses and other duty holders restarting operations after the COVID-19 shutdown to review their water systems maintenance arrangements to avoid creating a public health hazard from waterborne bacteria such as legionella.

The failure to decarbonise our built environment could result in a 40% shortfall to our economy-wide decarbonisation targets by 2030, report finds.

With the Government encouraging more people to return to work, assuming they are not among the group who can work from home, employers are having to think seriously about what measures they will need to ensure workplace safety.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) says businesses should pass three tests before bringing their people back to work, in order to ensure employees feel safe in the workplace.

Plastics reprocessing facilities in Europe are “closing production” due to lack of demand and record low prices of virgin plastics caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to trade body, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE).