Exposure to classroom asbestos thought to have killed another former teacher
A former teacher who died of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is thought to have inhaled toxic dust in the classrooms where he worked...
Year: 2016
Roofer fined for asbestos safety failings
A roofer based in Berkshire has been fined after disturbing and removing asbestos without a licence...
Inquest hears that former building manager died of asbestos-related cancer
A former building manager died of asbestos-related cancer, an inquest has been told...
Two maintenance companies hit with fines after disturbing asbestos
Two companies have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during refurbishment work. Westminster Magistrates...
Fears teacher was killed by mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure during career
The wife of a former teacher fears he may have been exposed to asbestos during his time as a science teacher...
Asbestos scandal in UK schools blamed on government by JUAC
Sarah Jane Bowman lives with a death sentence. At the age 40 she received tragic news that she had the deadly cancer mesothelioma. She said in a report issued by the Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC): “To be told that I had a terminal illness and had less than a year to...
Concerns over plan to build homes on land contaminated with asbestos
Up to 300 new homes could be built on the site of a former power station – on land which is heavily contaminated with asbestos....
Company fined for asbestos breaches during bar renovation
A Belfast company has been fined £9,000 after admitting a series of health and safety breaches linked to asbestos being disturbed whilst renovating a bar...