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
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
A blunder over awarding a contract to remove asbestos has cost Milton Keynes Council up to £600,000 in court costs and damages, the Citizen can reveal. And the report admits the council failed to protect taxpayers against this cost. The Citizen reported exclusively last year
The latest top level statistics on work-related ill health, workplace fatalities and injuries, and enforcement in Great Britain. Work related illness; Mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposure; Working days lost; Workplace injuries; Workplace deaths; and The estimated cost of injuries and ill health from
