Potentially lethal asbestos has been found illegally dumped in “every corner” of a rural county, a council has said. The toxic material has been fly-tipped “from Berwick to Alnwick and Bedlington to Hexham” in the past nine months, Northumberland County Council said. In that time
Banned asbestos and other dangerous building products are slipping past customs officials and being used in Australian homes and building sites, a senate inquiry has heard. The national construction union has made a submission to the inquiry saying building materials containing asbestos, formaldehyde and cheap
Teacher, 68, died from asbestos exposure after builders removed the deadly fibres from classrooms while she taught lessons during her 30-year career. A former teacher died after being exposed to asbestos in schools, a coroner has ruled. Sue Stephens, 68, worked as a teacher in
Councils in England have paid out at least £10m in compensation to people who developed illnesses because of asbestos in school buildings. Figures obtained by BBC News show that in the past decade 32 councils have settled claims from former teachers, school staff or pupils.
Potentially deadly asbestos has been found in hundreds of schools in Kent. It’s been revealed 346 Kent County Council-run schools contain the substance, which can cause diseases including terminal lung cancer if inhaled. The toll came to light following a freedom of information request to
New Zealand has a new guide for managing and removing asbestos in the workplace. The “Approved Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos,” or ACOP, was designed to complement the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016. Described as the first for the
Nine in ten schools in Nottinghamshire still contain asbestos – and nearly £200,000 in damages has been paid to employees who have been exposed to it in the past. Around 88 per cent of schools, out of the 252 on Nottinghamshire County Council’s books, are
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
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
