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’
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
Military figures, medical experts and politicians call on PM to ensure veterans receive full compensation after asbestos exposure. David Cameron is being urged to intervene to ensure the Ministry of Defence gives 60 veterans with terminal cancer from asbestos exposure the same compensation rights as
Lancashire County Council has paid out almost £700,000 to people with conditions linked to asbestos in the past four years. County Hall shelled out £672,094 in compensation and costs to victims in the past five years – and the authority has six ongoing claims. Preston City
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
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
