Alert over asbestos exposure to military staff who worked on Sea King helicopters
Military staff who worked on Sea King helicopters are being warned they may have been exposed to asbestos...
Tag: Mesothelioma
Wood processing firm fined after exposing workers to asbestos during maintenance work
A wood processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield...
Over 300 schools in Kent alone could contain deadly asbestos
The county council is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for alleged breaches at one primary school ...
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.7bn over asbestos talc cancer claims
Women claim the company’s talcum powder contributed to them developing ovarian cancer...
Asbestos death secretary’s family awarded £360,000 compensation
Lawyers for her family said it was a landmark case because it was the first time a judge had ruled that harmful dust must be suppressed at its source...
Woman killed by mesothelioma after asbestos dust exposure from carpenter husband’s work clothes
An inquest yesterday into the death of Janet O’Connell revealed she had been diagnosed with the asbestos-related disease despite having had no direct contact with the material...
Asbestos ticking time bomb again highlighted by “shocking disparity” in the way multi-academy trusts manage risk
There have been more than 50 asbestos exposure incidents in academies, according to new figures obtained by education unions which are of a “shocking disparity” in the way multi-academy trusts (MATs) manage the risk...
Former Newquay hotel owner likely to have died from exposure to asbestos at work
Well-known Newquay councillor, businessman, hotel owner and organiser of the Run to the Sun VW festivals who saved the life of a child in 1998 killed by mesothelioma...