Overall rates of asbestos-related cancers may have slowed, but exposure to the toxic material is increasingly occurring at home, according to a report in the Australian Medical Journal. The report, to be published on Tuesday, said patterns of exposure had changed since the importation and production of asbestos was banned
THREE people from South Devon have died having been exposed to asbestos during their lives. Richard Alan Bridge, 64, of Woodland Park Nursing Home in Torquay, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2015. During his time working as a car mechanic, Richard had been exposed to
A retired Barrow council bricklayer is appealing to his former colleagues to come forward in a bid to find out how and where he was exposed to asbestos. Dennis Pearson, 66, from Stainton, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos and affects
A High Court claim says Jack Briggs returned from work each night covered in the deadly substance A factory worker who came home each night covered in asbestos dust unwittingly poisoned his wife with hugs and kisses according to a High Court claim. Paula Briggs
Building surveyor Watts Group has been fined £30,000 for health and safety breaches that resulted in two construction workers being exposed to asbestos. Seamus Kelly, a joiner, and his colleague Alan Tweed, were exposed to asbestos while replacing doors in the service ducts beneath Holywell
