A recent road traffic accident in the UK resulted in a major road being closed off recently, as one of the lorries was carrying the deadly substance asbestos, which can cause a variety of health problems through exposure including a form of cancer known as mesothelioma.
The accident involved two heavy goods vehicles, and the […]

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According to a recent report asbestos sealant has been discovered at a refinery, resulting in the evacuation of some of the workers, although officials have said that operations at the refinery have not been affected by the incident. The asbestos discovery was made at the Sinclair Oil Refinery in Carbon County .
The asbestos was […]

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Asbestos and Mesothelioma are foreign terms for many people but unfortunately asbestos exposure is a prevalent as ever. It’s not hard to see, as a quick “Google News” search will bring up hundreds of results, many of which are recent, in which asbestos negligence is abundant.
Government regulations help but are not assisting in public awareness […]

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An asbestos contaminated ship that has spent some years looking for a final resting place where it can be dismantled is to end up in Britain , where it will be dismantled by Able UK , a specialist company. The French aircraft carrier Clemenceau even made its way as far as India but dismantling […]

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The discovery of asbestos at a site of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium has resulted in construction work on the stadium being halted on a temporary basis. Officials stated that work was stopped on one part of the site after the potentially deadly substance was discovered in order to try and protect the workers.
Exposure […]

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In a recent ruling a coroner has concluded that a former shipyard worker passed away as a result of ill health stemming from industrial exposure to asbestos during the course of his work. The son of the seventy five year old man, Alan Smith, said that his father had never smoked and only became […]

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According to a recent report a new bill could open the way for sufferers of pleural plaques to get compensation in Scotland . The Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is set to reveal details of the new bill in the near future. However, it could spark problems with insurance firms, as it could overturn a […]

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A Niagara Falls hospital is facing hefty fines over asbestos violations, according to a recent report. The Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center could find itself facing fines of over one hundred thousand dollars for the improper removal of asbestos when renovations were carried out at the hospital back in December.
The hospital was cited by […]

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A UK watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of a council building after potentially deadly asbestos was found there. The council building is located in Walthamstow in the UK , and was the workstation for a team of council workers as well as a storage facility for council related paperwork. Recent refurbishment at the […]

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An appeal lodged by WR Grace in relation to asbestos related criminal charges has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The appeal was rejected last week, and related to a case where criminal charges had been brought against the firm over the release of asbestos from a mine in Libby , Montana .
WR Grace […]

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A Morgan County jury has sided with two asbestos makers in a court case where the family of a man who died from lung cancer was seeking compensation of one and a half million dollars. The three week trial ended with the family of Robert C Scott going home with nothing after losing the […]

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A number of bags filled with asbestos debris were found dumped in a Hartford neighborhood recently. Around eighteen bags that were filled with insulation material that contained asbestos were found and removed from the area by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Officials from the DEP think that the person who dumped the bags […]

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The widow of the late Bernie Banton, who was the face of asbestos campaigning in Australia , recently attended the launch of a new asbestos research group in Brisbane . The new group, called simply the Asbestos Research Group, was set up by the Wesley Research Institute.
Bernie Banton has been the face of asbestos […]

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A UK law firm has recovered compensation for the family of a woman that died from an asbestos related disease as the result of washing her husband’s clothes in the 1960s. The woman suffered secondary asbestos exposure from the asbestos dust and fibers on her husband’s work clothing. The compensation amounted to one hundred […]

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Many of the departments at a hospital in the UK have had to be closed down after it was revealed that building work had resulted in the released of asbestos into the air. Health authority officials confirmed that a number of departments at the Isebrook Hospital , Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, have had to be closed.
The […]

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Aggressive asbestos testing has been carried out at a firehouse after recent renovation work resulted in some asbestos in the building being disturbed. This raised concerns over asbestos dust and fibers being released into the air, as they can then be breathed in by people and can cause health problems such as scarring of […]

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The UK has seen a test case into asbestos compensation begin this week, which will determine whether insurers are to be held liable from a person’s initial exposure to the potentially deadly carcinogenic or from the time that the person becomes ill. The decision will be made by the high court following the test […]

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According to the results of an official analysis carried out by the Government Accountability Office, warnings issued by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) were too slow.
The warnings in question related to the presence of asbestos and the related […]

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Excited viewers got more than they bargained for on Saturday after a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida caused damage that resulted in asbestos debris and bricks being blasted across the site. The launch caused damage to a 20-foot-by-75-foot section of the flame trench.
During the time of the Apollo the asbestos was used […]

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According to a recent Environment Ministry survey in Japan around eighteen percent of people that live near factories that handle asbestos show signs of having pleural plaques, which is a condition that is known to stem from exposure to asbestos and can develop into cancer later in life.
The results of the ministry report showed […]

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A man who was diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma two years ago has bet on his own life – and won. The man from Milton Keynes in the UK was diagnosed with the deadly cancer more than two years ago, and since then has been living on borrowed time.
According to a recent […]

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According to an official from the UK law firm George Green LLP many business tenants in the West Midlands area are totally unaware of their responsibilities when it comes to asbestos in the building. Although they do not own the building the fact that they rent it means that they are responsible for having […]

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A man from Tracy has been convicted by a San Francisco federal court on charges relating to asbestos. Thirty seven year old Wassim Mohammed Azizi was accused of violation of the Clean Air Act when he illegally demolished a Hayward building that he owned, which was filled with asbestos.
The man tore down the building […]

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Industry officials in Australia have warned that the number of national death relating to asbestos diseases is set to double over the next ten years, rising from the current three thousand per year to around six thousand per year. In Queensland alone asbestos related deaths have jumped by thirty percent since 1997.
Barry Robson from […]

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An MP from Norwich in England is getting together with a leading solicitor in order to hold open advice surgeries for people that have suffered from asbestos related illnesses and their families. Dr Ian Gibson, MP for Norwich North, has got together with David Cass from Irwin Mitchell solicitors in Sheffield to implement the […]

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According to a recent report fifteen Spanish workers have been given the go ahead to sue an American company in a New Jersey state court over asbestos related illnesses. The workers claim that they were exposed to asbestos whilst working on US Navy ships in Spain , and this led to them contracting asbestos […]

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An asbestos cleanup has been ordered at the Bragaw Residence Hall by officials following the discovery of the presence of the deadly substance. Barry Olson, associate director of Housing’s facilities division, stated: “It’s standard with our renovations, especially with buildings built before the early 1970s. There is typically some level of asbestos containing materials […]

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Officials from the University of Winchester have been trying to reassure worried students that they are not at risk from asbestos, after students expressed concerns over asbestos being present in halls that are soon due to be knocked down.
An official from the university said that all health and safety regulations were being adhered to […]

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According to a recent report a class action lawsuit over asbestos exposure has been filed in Tokyo, Japan . It is thought that the class action suit is the first to have been filed in Japan in relation to health problems caused by asbestos through exposure at construction sites.
The lawsuit has been filed on […]

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Fears over asbestos contamination have been sparked at a school in Norfolk in the UK . Students at Downham Market High School were forced to leave their belongings, including important course work that could affect their examinations, behind by asbestos expert, as the area had to be sealed off to prevent exposure to the […]

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