Essex pensioner may have developed mesothelioma from washing docker husband’s clothes
A pensioner may have died after being exposed to asbestos while washing her husband's work clothes, lawyers have said...
Month: October 2018
White paper from Lucion Services calls for more, tougher asbestos safety controls
After finding the UK has the worst asbestos health related problems in the world, a new report from Risk Management consultants Lucion Services is demanding more and better safety measures on the presence of ACMs at work...
Asbestos fly-tipper fined £1,400 for dumping waste in a park
Cement-bonded asbestos, bricks and concrete were all found dumped in an children's' park...
Shropshire NHS Trust faces prosecution over poorly managed asbestos after project manager blows whistle
The trust which runs Shropshire's two main hospitals is to be prosecuted over the way it managed asbestos on its property...
Asbestos-filled hallway at Cambridge University gave me mesothelioma, says academic
Senior economist says the illness was caused when he was researcher in the 1980s and 66 year old the father-of-three, could be one of hundreds who could now make a claim...