According to an article in The Guardian The death toll from asbestos exposure has reached crisis levels in Britain, the Guardian has learned, as people pay the price for “criminal failings by industry and government” made decades ago. Asbestos-related cancers can occur as many as 50 years after exposure and deaths are now thought to […]

A 14-year-old girl has become one of the youngest sufferers in the world to be diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer. The young girl, from Devon, is understood to be one of only nine children in the world to suffer from mesothelioma after she was diagnosed in March 2018. Asbestos is a hidden killer and can […]

The campaigners are calling for: An immediate warning to all schools about warm air cabinet heating systems, which contain asbestos An immediate audit of the condition and extent of asbestos in all UK schools and colleges A trial for wide spread air sampling to assess the risk A national strategic asbestos plan to include mandatory […]

A motor manufacturer has been fined after discovery of asbestos boarding panels contaminated a site. General Motors UK Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after work being undertaken at its North Road, Ellesmere Port site in 2014 exposed contractors to risks associated with asbestos. An investigation by the HSE found that […]

A primary school teacher who contracted cancer after decades of exposure to asbestos used as pinboards for her pupil’s art work died as a result of an industrial disease, a coroner has ruled. Elizabeth Belt died aged 68 in September after a three-year battle with mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer linked to asbestos dust. […]