Nine in ten Nottinghamshire Schools still contain potentially lethal asbestos
Nine in ten schools in Nottinghamshire still contain asbestos – and nearly £200,000 in damages has been paid to employees who have been exposed...
Jury Says Baby Powder Causes Ovarian Cancer, Johnson & Johnson Losing Millions
Giant company Johnson & Johnson is once again on the hot seat after losing $70.1 million dollars in a lawsuit on whether their iconic...
Shipyard workers urged to speak up as asbestos deaths in Barrow are triple the national average.
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...
Hundreds of asbestos-hit Derbyshire schools cost council £400,000
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,...
Teachers’ unions tell government to remove asbestos from Norfolk schools.
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...
Parliament electrical engineer who kept diaries about his safety concerns is killed by asbestos
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...
Crowd-funding investment bid for asbestos detector
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...
Night club owner fined over asbestos exposure
A Bolton night club owner has been sentenced after admitting a failure to carry out a survey for asbestos before starting on the refurbishment...
Fury over ‘dangerous’ asbestos dumped in Nottinghamshire wood
A walker has told of their anger to find asbestos has been left in a Nottinghamshire forest for weeks, despite appealing to authorities to...
Fitness instructor who was diagnosed with cancer caused by asbestos shares her struggle for survival
With a job as a fitness instructor, a dream of climbing Mount Everest and a love of sport and fitness in general, in many...
