The case of pharma giant Johnson & Johnson, and the alleged use of asbestos in their talc product, has long been a powder keg which continues to explode. By 2017, over 1,000 women in the US had taken law suits against the company for covering up the possible...
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution when samples of asbestos were first displayed in London in 1862, across three different centuries innocent British lives continue to be devasted by the use of asbestos. In June 2018, British asbestos victims attended the...
Courts often hear testimonies highlighting the widespread lack of asbestos awareness to the potential health risks of breathing in the deadly fibre dust when the mineral was at peak UK industrial use during the 1960s and 70s. But during one recent mesothelioma...
The professional building trade, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continue to put considerable time and effort into developing asbestos awareness and training for all those who work directly with the materials, and are potentially at regular risk of exposure....
Nearly one in five (18 per cent) of UK builders and construction workers still have no clear idea of what to do if they come across asbestos when working in a building, compared to a decade ago when more than one in three (34 per cent) of tradesmen admitted to a lack...