British businesses targeted in new dust inspections, advises HSE
Firms across Great Britain are to be targeted in a new series of inspections focusing on dust control by the Health and Safety Executive...
Tag: Mesothelioma
Industry bodies launch asbestos skills certification
Asbestos professionals in the UK have joined forces to launch a certification card so that workers can prove they are qualified to handle the material...
How exposure to asbestos is still putting lives at risk – 20 years since it was banned
At least 5,000 deaths each year in the UK can be linked to asbestos exposure, despite the substance being banned in 1999...
Electrician wins asbestos case against car manufacturers Vauxhall
An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court...
Calls of “scandal” as Wycombe Hospital “refuses”to reveal if patients and staff are at risk of asbestos-related disease
A hospital has allegedly refused to reveal whether its patients and staff may be at risk of a deadly asbestos-related disease, on the grounds of “commercial confidentiality” – a move branded “scandalous” by the devastated family of a former nurse...
Former carpenter killed by ‘horrible’ asbestos-related mesothelioma half a century after exposure
A former Burton carpenter did not develop signs of a "horrible" asbestos-related disease until half a century after he was exposed to it, an inquest has been told...
Much lauded documentary about mesothelioma and asbestos exposure now available online
The acclaimed new asbestos documentary “Dirty Laundry” is now available for the world to see. In the film, two cousins cycle more than 4,000 miles from California to New York, fueled by curiosity about their grandmother’s surprise death from mesothelioma...
Electrician sues Vauxhall for £1m claiming ‘asbestos kisses’ caused wife’s mesothelioma
An former electrician at Vauxhall Motors who claims he unknowingly poisoned his wife with asbestos dust while they hugged and kissed as a young couple is suing for £1 million over her death...