Each year on 4 February, World Cancer Day empowers all of us across the world to show support, raise our collective voice, take personal action and press our governments to do more....
The inspection initiative is running until 17 February and will target London construction sites, primarily focusing on risks to health, particularly working with asbestos...
These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease ...
One in four construction workers say they have been exposed to asbestos while two-thirds do not know that it can cause cancer, according to a survey by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health ...
A charity which deals with people suffering health conditions after exposure to asbestos has revealed a “scary” rise in people receiving terminal diagnoses...
Families of Scots who have died from asbestos-related conditions have remembered their loved ones at a special memorial...
A total of £2.7 million has been secured for asbestos victims and their families in the North East and North Cumbria. The Northern TUC Asbestos Support and Campaign Group (ASCG) was launched in 2010 and has helped its clients claim the money during the past 12 months...
The Independent has reported that thousands of British veterans who will develop terminal cancer due to being exposed to asbestos during their military service are being unfairly treated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), campaigners and victims have claimed. Current laws mean that the MoD does not have to...