The news that asbestos is slipping through our borders in cheap building materials from China and India means it remains an issue fraught with tragedy. The revelation that some building materials imported to Australia are contaminated with asbestos shows the fight to eradicate this deadly
The Perth Children’s Hospital is safe for workers to return to following an asbestos contamination scare last week, according to evaluation by an independent expert. Last week it was discovered the hospital’s concrete roof panels supplied by Chinese building and manufacturing firm Yuanda contained asbestos, sparking fears
Area not isolated for 24 hours after Perth children’s hospital workers covered in chrysotile while drilling into a roof panel. Building giant John Holland has defended the steps it has taken to help workers who were exposed to asbestos at Perth’s new children’s hospital. Workers
Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. The
A FORMER building manager died of asbestos-related cancer, an inquest has heard. Ralph Hubert Rogers, 89, of Heron Close, Thornton-le-Dale, died on November 15. Dr Juliet Walker, who had performed a post-mortem examination, said the cause of death was candidal pneumonia and mesothelioma, a cancer caused
Bernard Dawson spent more than half a century teaching maths and science at secondary schools in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and was diagnosed with the incurable cancer mesothelioma following his retirement. A former teacher who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is thought
A widow is looking for answers after her husband developed terminal cancer mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos. Alan Cook, a former laboratory technician from Dudley, was diagnosed with the disease in March 2015, and died on September 26, aged 68. Before his death, he instructed
Former colleagues of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer are being urged to help with an investigation into how he came into contact with the harmful substance. David Clegg, a former teacher and factory worker from Knottingley, was diagnosed with mesothelioma just a week
RELATIVES of an electrician who died from asbestos-related cancer want his former workmates to come forward and help with an investigation into his exposure to the toxic substance. Barry Walker of Little Hulton, died in July 2015 at the age of 71 just a few months
A RETIRED Barrow shipyard joiner suffering from asbestos-related lung cancer has launched a hunt for answers about why his former employers allowed him to be exposed to deadly levels of the toxic dust. Douglas Newby is appealing to his ex-colleagues for any information about the working conditions they
