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General Motors fined thousands over asbestos contamination General Motors UK have been fined a whopping £120,000 over the discovery of asbestos contamination at their Vauxhall branch in Ellesmere Port. The car manufacturer was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after work being undertaken at the Ellesmere Port site back in 2014 was found to have […]
Read the full article | Published Jul 25, 2016
BOHS Breathe Freely Initiative BOHS (The Chartered Society For Worker Health Protection) launched their new ‘Breathe Freely initiative’ back in April of this year which aims to control exposures to prevent occupational lung disease in the construction industry. People who work in construction are at very high risk of developing lung cancer. It is estimated […]
Read the full article | Published Jul 25, 2016
IRA bomb Manchester Asbestos fears New fears have emerged after people working at the time of the IRA bomb Manchester in 1996 have gone on to develop asbestos-related cancer. It is believed they inhaled dust containing asbestos in the weeks following the bomb blast while taking part in the huge clean up. The bombing took place […]
Read the full article | Published Jul 11, 2016
HMRC face backlash over asbestos compensation cases Tax chiefs at HRMC are facing a backlash after making people wait for too long, in a lot of cases of more than a year, for key evidence in asbestos compensation claims. Lawyers state that on average it is taking around 383 days to retrieve the necessary employment […]
Read the full article | Published Jun 27, 2016
Asbestos in schools is still a danger to children say experts Asbestos in schools is still prevalent and Annabel Freyberg died as a result of this being a mesothelioma victim. This terrible asbestos related disease is more commonly associated with dockyard and construction industry workers. It is caused when small asbestos fibers from certain building […]
Read the full article | Published Jun 22, 2016
