Asbestos is far from a legacy issue. This is no time to rest easy
The news that asbestos is slipping through our borders in cheap building materials from China and India means it remains an issue fraught with...
Asbestos fears at Perth Children’s Hospital: Site cleared for workers to return
The Perth Children’s Hospital is safe for workers to return to following an asbestos contamination scare last week, according to evaluation by an independent...
Building giant John Holland defends actions after workers exposed to asbestos
Area not isolated for 24 hours after Perth children’s hospital workers covered in chrysotile while drilling into a roof panel. Building giant John Holland...
Deadly asbestos fears on building site
Workers “downed tools” at a major housing development after five lorryloads of soil possibly contaminated with asbestos were dumped on the site. Workers “downed...
Former building manager died of asbestos-related cancer
A FORMER building manager died of asbestos-related cancer, an inquest has heard. Ralph Hubert Rogers, 89, of Heron Close, Thornton-le-Dale, died on November 15. Dr...
Exposure to asbestos in classrooms is thought to have led to death of former teacher
Bernard Dawson spent more than half a century teaching maths and science at secondary schools in Greater Manchester and Lancashire and was diagnosed with...
Widow starts proceedings over asbestos
A widow is looking for answers after her husband developed terminal cancer mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos. Alan Cook, a former laboratory technician from...
Former teacher’s death linked to asbestos
Former colleagues of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer are being urged to help with an investigation into how he came into contact...
Appeal to find workmates of asbestos-related cancer victim
RELATIVES of an electrician who died from asbestos-related cancer want his former workmates to come forward and help with an investigation into his exposure...
Dying Barrow shipyard worker in plea for answers after asbestos-related cancer diagnosis
A RETIRED Barrow shipyard joiner suffering from asbestos-related lung cancer has launched a hunt for answers about why his former employers allowed him to be...
