THE widow of a shipyard worker who died from lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure wants to know why more wasn’t done to protect him as figures predict fatality rates will peak by 2018. Kay Eccles from Broughton lost her husband Sam, 85, in February
Asbestos was embraced wholeheartedly by Australians. After all, we found rich deposits in Western Australia in the 1930s and had an industry keen to embrace a product that would help grow our young nation. Long before the fibres were found to have deadly consequences, it was used
Hundreds of Derbyshire schools containing asbestos has cost a council more than £400,000 in compensation and with outstanding claims still to be dealt with, the cost to Derbyshire County Council could increase. A freedom of information request posted on the council’s website showed the statistics, with hundreds
Teaching unions have today launched a campaign urging the government to defuse the “timebomb” of asbestos in Norfolk’s schools, as it emerged that nearly 85pc of them contain the deadly material. Exposure to asbestos, sometimes known as “the silent killer”, can cause mesothelioma, an incurable
A former electrical engineer at the Houses of Parliament who died from asbestos-related cancer kept dairies for nearly 20 years detailing his safety concerns about the building. Frederick Hodge, who supervised maintenance of boilers and pipes in the Palace of Westminster during the 1970s and early 1980s died in
AN innovative South Devon company has developed what is believed to be the world’s first real-time asbestos warning device. The groundbreaking, portable, hand held, piece of equipment is called Asbestos ALERT (Asbestos Locating Equipment in Real Time) and has been developed by Paignton based ALERT Technology Ltd.
A Bolton night club owner has been sentenced after admitting a failure to carry out a survey for asbestos before starting on the refurbishment of a local night club. Manchester Magistrates’ court heard how UK Night Life Limited and its sole director, Charles John McGrath,
A walker has told of their anger to find asbestos has been left in a Nottinghamshire forest for weeks, despite appealing to authorities to remove it. Chris Wharton told the Chad described the asbestos as a ‘danger’ and a major concern for local walkers coming
Cowboy fly-tippers have dumped 600kg of deadly asbestos in a Blackpool street. The illegal load was left at the rear of Idlewood Place, off Sevenoaks Drive in Anchorsholme last week. The dumped asbestos wrapped up Council staff took less than 24-hours to clear away the
With a job as a fitness instructor, a dream of climbing Mount Everest and a love of sport and fitness in general, in many people’s eyes, Galy O’Connor, from Sydney, was the picture of health. It wasn’t until her 50th birthday that the now 55-year-old
