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Concrete Cancer Scare - High Alkali Cement from Westbury Works.
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Published February 2005
The construction industry is at risk of substantial claims for damage to buildings caused by the use of concrete containing high alkali cement.
Background
Last month Lafarge Cement UK announced that the alkali content of cement produced at its Westbury plant in Wiltshire during the period September 2002 to December 2004 was higher than the mean alkali value that it had declared. Instead of being classified as "high alkali" cement it was misrepresented as "moderate alkali" cement.
Reports indicate that several ...
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