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
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
AN innovative South Devon company has developed what is believed to be the world’s first real-time asbestos warning device. The groundbreaking, portable, hand held, piece of equipment is called Asbestos ALERT (Asbestos Locating Equipment in Real Time) and has been developed by Paignton based ALERT Technology Ltd.
A firm is being investigated by Wigan Council over allegations that it left rubble from a fire containing asbestos piled up in a corner of its yard. The local authority has confirmed it is looking into safety concerns involving Pennine Scaffolding, based on the Millingford Industrial
The incidence of mesothelioma in Iceland today continues to rise, despite a nationwide ban on asbestos that began more than 30 year ago. A recent study conducted in this Nordic island nation illustrates just how difficult it will be to end the worldwide horrors of mesothelioma and
Area not isolated for 24 hours after Perth children’s hospital workers covered in chrysotile while drilling into a roof panel. Building giant John Holland has defended the steps it has taken to help workers who were exposed to asbestos at Perth’s new children’s hospital. Workers
Former colleagues of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer are being urged to help with an investigation into how he came into contact with the harmful substance. David Clegg, a former teacher and factory worker from Knottingley, was diagnosed with mesothelioma just a week
A FATHER of four who has an asbestos-related cancer believes he picked it up while working in a former Caterham hospital. And lawyers acting for Mervyn Waiton have appealed for others who worked at St Lawrence’s Hospital at around the same time to get in touch. Mr
A FORMER steel worker is appealing for his ex-colleagues to come forward as he battles an asbestos-related cancer. Sidney George Leavesley, 85, is searching for answers after being diagnosed in January with mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lungs that is believed to have been
