Despite irrefutable scientific evidence calling out the dangers of asbestos, 2 million tons of the carcinogen are exported every year to the developing world, where it’s often handled with little to no regulation. For this episode of VICE Reports, correspondent Milène Larsson traveled to
PEOPLE across York probably breathed in deadly asbestos dust from the former York carriageworks in the late 1950s and 60s, a former union leader has claimed. Paul Cooper, 72, who worked at the factory in Holgate Road from 1959 until 1996 and has long campaigned about employees’
A Welsh government minister has written to the heads of all local authorities and registered social landlords directing them to tighten up their procedures for dealing with asbestos. After being lobbied by the Ucatt construction union, Lesley Griffiths – minister for communities and tackling poverty
An Oxford based company has been fined after disturbing asbestos insulation board (AIB) at a school. Northampton Magistrates’ Court heard how Amey Communities Limited (ACL) were contracted to carry out roof refurbishment at Lings Primary School, Hayeswood Road, Northampton. During the course of this refurbishment
In 2001, toxicologist Dennis Paustenbach got a phone call from a lawyer for Ford Motor Company. The lawyer, Darrell Grams, explained that Ford had been losing lawsuits filed by former auto mechanics alleging asbestos in brakes had given them mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer virtually always tied to
