Teachers’ unions tell government to remove asbestos from Norfolk schools.
Teaching unions have today launched a campaign urging the government to defuse the “timebomb” of asbestos in Norfolk’s schools, as it emerged that nearly...
Parliament electrical engineer who kept diaries about his safety concerns is killed by asbestos
A former electrical engineer at the Houses of Parliament who died from asbestos-related cancer kept dairies for nearly 20 years detailing his safety concerns about the building. Frederick...
Crowd-funding investment bid for asbestos detector
AN innovative South Devon company has developed what is believed to be the world’s first real-time asbestos warning device. The groundbreaking, portable, hand held, piece of...
Night club owner fined over asbestos exposure
A Bolton night club owner has been sentenced after admitting a failure to carry out a survey for asbestos before starting on the refurbishment...
Fury over ‘dangerous’ asbestos dumped in Nottinghamshire wood
A walker has told of their anger to find asbestos has been left in a Nottinghamshire forest for weeks, despite appealing to authorities to...
Fitness instructor who was diagnosed with cancer caused by asbestos shares her struggle for survival
With a job as a fitness instructor, a dream of climbing Mount Everest and a love of sport and fitness in general, in many...
MPs to move out of ‘asbestos-riddled’ Parliament in £4bn restoration plan
The true scale of asbestos in the Palace of Westminster is so vast that MPs were in danger of inhaling the lethal substance, according...
The Netherlands Orders All Asbestos Roofs Removed by 2024
Although the Netherlands banned asbestos 22 years ago, officials continue eliminating the toxic mineral from the country’s infrastructure, most recently ordering all asbestos roofing be removed...
US Steel Fined $170K for Multiple Asbestos Violations
Despite the well-known dangers of deadly asbestos, its removal from most job sites and legal actions against companies using the substance, many U.S. workers still...
New study challenges assumption of asbestos’ ability to move in soil
A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego scientist Jane Willenbring challenges the long-held belief that...
