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Improving the Outlook for Peritoneal Mesothelioma?
25 Apr 2017, 4:13 p.m.
It is estimated that up to 500 of the 2500 mesotheliomas that occur in the UK are peritoneal mesotheliomas.
Sadly this cancer has lagged behind most other cancers in terms of diagnosis, treatment and research.
What are some of the steps that need to be taken to help improve the …
read moreHSE Prosecutes Oldest Cinema in Wales for Exposing Public to Asbestos
11 Apr 2017, 12:07 p.m.
The Trust that runs a 123 year old South Wales cinema has been told by the Health and Safety Executive that it “potentially exposed volunteers, employees and members of the public to asbestos”.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was critical of how The Market Hall Cinema and Arts Trust …
read moreShip’s Crew Ordered to Cover up Asbestos
11 Apr 2017, 11:17 a.m.
Southampton Magistrates Court has fined Tarmac Marine £120,000 for failing to properly deal with asbestos within one of their ships and failing to keep their crew safe.
In January 2014 a survey identified the presence of asbestos in pipework aboard the Dredger The City of Westminster operated by Tarmac Marine. …
read moreBranston Pickle Company Fined £120,000 For Failing To Comply With Asbestos Laws
31 Mar 2017, 3:08 p.m.
A food company and their contractor were fined after asbestos was disturbed during building work at its Bruntwood Site in the West Midlands. The asbestos was only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site.
Exposure to asbestos fibres and dust puts people at risk of developing asbestos …
read moreAsbestos Analyst Guilty of Falsifying Asbestos Tests
30 Mar 2017, 2:24 p.m.
An asbestos analyst, Barrie Lyons, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Health And Safety At Work Act 1974 after he falsified test results which put people at risk of being exposed to asbestos.
Exposure to asbestos fibres and dust puts people at risk of developing asbestos related conditions including mesothelioma, …
read moreBury Demolition Contractor Jailed Over Asbestos Exposure.
30 Mar 2017, 1:49 p.m.
David Briggs of Briggs Demolition has been sent to prison for 24 weeks by Manchester Magistrates in January 2017 after he pleaded guilty to breaching The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. He had illegally removed asbestos from a building site …
read moreTurner and Newall Asbestos Update.
30 Mar 2017, 1:41 p.m.
The T & N Asbestos Trustee Company Limited was established to administer payments from the T & N Employers Liability Trust and the T & N UK Asbestos Trust. These trusts make payments to people who have been exposed to asbestos fibres by one of the Turner and Newall Companies …
read moreAsbestos dumped outside children’s dance school – Fly-tippers jailed
30 Mar 2017, 1:22 p.m.
Two fly-tippers who were filmed dumping waste including asbestos have each pleaded guilty to fly-tipping and were sentenced to prison for 32 weeks between them by Liverpool Magistrates Court.
Exposure to asbestos fibres and dust puts people at risk of developing asbestos related conditions including mesothelioma, a cancer of the …
read moreBBC Report reveals claims for those exposed to asbestos at School exceeds £10 million
30 Mar 2017, 1:15 p.m.
In a report produced by the BBC in December 2016, their investigation had discovered that 32 Councils in England have together paid out compensation claims in excess of £10 million to people who have developed asbestos related conditions including mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos at school in …
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