Two excellent webinars on asbestos management released by IOSH
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Construction Group has released two superb webinars around asbestos management...
Tag: Mesothelioma
HSE publishes latest stats on asbestos related deaths in the UK
The HSE has published latest statistics (collated up to 2016) regarding deaths caused by exposure to asbestos...
“Dirty Laundry” – incredible asbestos movie reveals stark reality of corporate disregard for lives lost to mesothelioma
Why did a 90-year old grandmother and housewife, from a small suburban town in Illinois, die from a rare form of cancer that has only one cause: exposure to asbestos dust?
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...
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...
‘Fit and well’ 33 year old woman dies of asbestos cancer following gap year in Argentina 15 years ago
Medical researcher Rose Wharton, 33, fell ill from mesothelioma in September, as Coroner says cancer is usually found in builders with 30 years in the business...
“Asbestos particles in smoke” could be risk for Grenfell Tower survivors
Firefighters who tackled the Grenfell Tower fire are among those who may have been exposed to toxic fumes, with surviving children also at risk...
Kent County Council fined after workers exposed to asbestos at primary school
Canterbury Crown Court heard how an environmental health officer was carrying out a routine food inspection when they noticed what looked like asbestos rope hanging from the ceiling....