Dad’s six-figure payout for lethal asbestos cancer
A West Craven father-of-two who developed deadly lung cancer after years of being exposed to asbestos through his work has been awarded a six-figure...
Royal Navy veteran seeking cancer compensation
A Royal Navy veteran who is living with incurable cancer says he is waiting to hear if he will get any compensation. Fred Minall,...
Asbestos exposure increasingly happening at home, research shows
Overall rates of asbestos-related cancers may have slowed, but exposure to the toxic material is increasingly occurring at home, according to a report in the Australian...
South Devon residents die following asbestos exposure
THREE people from South Devon have died having been exposed to asbestos during their lives. Richard Alan Bridge, 64, of Woodland Park Nursing Home...
Retired Barrow brickie in bid for answers following asbestos disease diagnosis
A retired Barrow council bricklayer is appealing to his former colleagues to come forward in a bid to find out how and where he was...
VIDEO: 10 Steps to Managing Asbestos
We have created a short video to help guide you on how to manage asbestos in your property with these 10 steps.
VIDEO: HSE Safety Statistics 2014/15
The latest top level statistics on work-related ill health, workplace fatalities and injuries, and enforcement in Great Britain. Work related illness; Mesothelioma deaths due...
Widow ‘poisoned by husband’s asbestos hugs’
A High Court claim says Jack Briggs returned from work each night covered in the deadly substance A factory worker who came home each...
Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit Filed Over Mother’s Talcum Powder Use – US
A Wisconsin man alleges he developed mesothelioma, a rare and deadly form of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos, as a result of his...
Teacher died from cancer after decades of exposure to asbestos
Inquest rules Elizabeth Belt’s death was a result of industrial disease, after years spent pinning pupils’ work to boards resulting in asbestos dust inhalation....
