Asbestos News

A New report into asbestos contamination at a Derby school claims that better advice should have been given to more than 400 people involved.

CUMBRIAN victims of an asbestos-related condition will be denied compensation likely to be available a few miles across the border, it has been revealed.

A HEADTEACHER has claimed that he was unaware that his school buildings contain asbestos...

Wear Valley Dustrict Council are fined for not making their asbestos register available to their staff....

Worcester Crown Court heard how a carpet company exposed temporary maintenance workers to harmful asbestos fibres after neglecting to confirm that a sufficient asbestos survey had been undertaken. ....

FIGURES today reveal more than 140 people died of asbestos-related diseases in five years in Suffolk....

NEW YORK, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The agency said in a statement said tests were continuing and people who may have come into contact with the steam or debris should take a shower and place their clothes in plastic bags for cleaning or disposal ...

The family of a former Jaguar worker who died from asbestos-related cancer have formally launched a court action against the luxury car firm for compensation...

Retired asbestos moulder William Adams died from long-term exposure to the deadly mineral during his working life at a factory near Stroud, a coroner has ...

The Travelers Cos. Inc. said Friday that it will settle one of its largest asbestos cases for $449 million.

AN open verdict has been recorded on the death of a retired teacher from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma....

A hospital which is riddled with asbestos and does not meet fire safety standards will cost £250m to put right, health officials claim....

Asbestos-related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK's biggest single cause of work related deaths. Nationally approximately 600 of these deaths each year arise from work with asbestos in the construction industry and allied trades.

A 51-year-old woman who died from severe chest problems suffered illness as a result of exposure to asbestos as a youngster...

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, an ex-motor mechanic from Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire has been awarded £135,000 in compensation after being diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, Retroperitoneal Fibrosis (RPF). It is understood to be the first time a victim of this asbestos related disease has won compensation for this condition. ...

AN EX-PATRIOT has returned to his home city to step up the campaign to bring justice to victims of York's asbestos timebomb....

Former workers suffering from asbestos-related diseases are struggling to claim compensation because they cannot track down their ex-employers' insurance companies....