Asbestos




Learning the lessons of asbestos as death toll continues to rise

There are almost 2,500 new cases of mesothelioma in the UK each year. This number is expected to rise by 100-120 a year until at least 2015. An estimated 250-300 of these new cases each year will be in the Northern region. For decades asbestos p...

11 October 2012
New asbestos fund must be extended say unions

A new government fund to compensate some asbestos disease victims is much too limited, the TUC has said.

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27 July 2012
New fund for mesothelioma victims must go further, says TUC

Welcoming the announcement today (Wednesday) that the government is to make compensation claims easier for the thousands of people who have mesothelioma - as a result of asbestos exposure at work - but who until now have been unable to claim because ...

25 July 2012
Prime minister is ‘totally opposed' to asbestos trade

The UK government deplores Canada's plans to produce millions of tonnes of asbestos for export to the developing world (Risks 563), David Cameron has indicated.

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20 July 2012
Occupational Cancers still major hidden killer

A diagnosis of cancer remains one of the most disturbing pieces of news anyone can receive. Each year in the UK around 320,000 hear that news and cancer remains the number one killer in the UK with almost 160,000 deaths. These reasons contribute to...

25 June 2012
Disease campaigners win asbestos reprieve

The government has said it will for the moment exempt people suffering from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma from highly contentious measures in its legal reforms.

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27 April 2012



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