A council in west Cumbria has condemned fly-tippers who dumped nearly a ton of asbestos in a lay-by. The incident happened in Cop Lane near Thornhill, and took seven members of Copeland Borough Council’s street cleaning team a day to clear it, which the council say was at the taxpayers’ expense. The authority say they […]

Asbestos still kills around 5000 workers each year, this is  more than the number of people killed on the road. Around 20 tradesman die each week as a result of past exposure However, asbestos is not just a problem of the past. It can be present today in any building built or refurbished before the […]

“Johnson & Johnson has voluntarily recalled a single batch of its baby powder after US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in the product. The company said 33,000 bottles of talcum powder will be recalled “out of an abundance of caution”.The recall comes amid thousands of lawsuits alleging the company […]

*”Three men from Harehills have been arrested after 2.7 tonnes of dangerous asbestos was dumped in Leeds. Police arrested the men after the piles of asbestos waste were found in Wetherby. The arrests came in partnership between Leeds Council and West Yorkshire Police. Why is asbestos dangerous? Asbestos still kills around 5000 workers each year, […]

“Charity Mesothelioma UK has urged education authorities to “take responsibility and rid our buildings of this cancer-causing substance”. A Freedom of Information request to Leeds City Council revealed that 95 state primary schools contain asbestos – 43 per cent of the area’s schools. Research by law firm Stephensons found that the potentially deadly material is […]