Inquest into man killed after being electrocuted while removing asbestos at High School
James Paul died while removing asbestos at Cwmcarn High School on July 19, 2013. His inquest began at Newport Coroner’s Court today...
Month: June 2016
Brighton bombing of 1984 may have exposed emergency services rescuers to asbestos
Rescuers who worked at the scene of the deadly IRA bombing in Brighton 32 years ago are being sought after a police officer died from an asbestos-related disease. Police, fire and ambulance personnel who were involved in the aftermath of the attack...
New drug cure hopes for asbestos cancer
A revolutionary vaccine has been shown to beat one of the world’s deadliest cancers linked to asbestos, the Daily Express has reported. In a trial 94 per cent of mesothelioma patients responded to the drug which is designed to harness the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. Dr...
Indoor market closed following fear of asbestos exposure
The indoor market in Sandbach has been closed until further notice following concerns that a collapsed roof may have exposed asbestos...
Asbestos to blame for accountant’s death
A retired accountant died from industrial disease linked to exposure to asbestos, an inquest has heard...
How IRA’s Manchester Arndale bomb is still taking lives 20 years on
The real 'ticking time bomb' left by the IRA is still taking lives 20 years on from the terror atrocity of 1996...
Woman’s death caused by washing asbestos-covered overalls
A pensioner who used to wash her husband's asbestos-covered overalls died as the result of an industrial disease, an inquest heard...
Twenty building sites sent material containing asbestos
Twenty building sites in Co Wicklow and Dublin were supplied with material contaminated with a cancer-causing mineral from a local quarry...