Friendly fibre Britain has history on asbestos. It has the highest death rates from asbestos cancers in the world. HazardsJanuary-March Asbestos figures Europe is in the midst of an asbestos disease epidemic — and it is far worse than previously thought.

A new report has put deaths in the European Union caused by exposure to asbestos at three times previous estimates. And the UK tops the fatalities list. HazardsOctober-December Either way cash-for-science can be very bad news for your health.

Hazards follows the money. Hazards special online report December Professor Ken Donaldson, the scientific chair of Inhaled Particles XI, has been identified in a potential asbestos cancer 'crime-fraud' controversy and accused of having undeclared links to the industry. HazardsJuly-September Moral fibre A Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron have been sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter.

After a stunningly successful grassroots campaign for justice, the former Eternit executives were convicted by an Italian court of causing the asbestos-related deaths of more than 3, people. HazardsApril-June Hazards 'green jobs' blog, 23 September Target Asia Canada increased its asbestos exports last year. Asia is a key target market. But the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat is not letting the deadly trade go unopposed. Now it is resorting to threats and the courts to harass its critics.

Hazards 97, February [ p df ]. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a high level union campaign. Hazards interview, June Breathtaking Asbestos diseases kill thousands in the UK every year.

But these are not just statistics, they are all stories of pain, hardship and bereavement. Hazards 94, May [ pdf ]. Selling death Global asbestos plc blocked a deal that would have made it more difficult to unload asbestos on the developing world. It bought scientists and column inches in national papers.

And it is killing hundreds of thousands each year. Hazards exposes the global asbestos industry's desperate battle for survival - at any price. Hazards 85, January-March Don't mess with the unions A global union campaign has seen James Hardie's rapid descent from darling of the stockmarket to company in crisis, facing protests and legal action on three continents. Hazards 88, October-December Union declaration Joint Declaration from the International Building Trade Union Federations, made at the Global Asbestos Congress, Tokyo, November Asbestos interests block global safety move Asbestos producer nations have blocked the addition of chrysotile white asbestos to the UN list of highly dangerous substances that cannot be exported to developing countries without their knowledge and agreement.

Hazards update, 18 September International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. IBAS international listing of victim support groups. Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK. Committee to Ban Asbestos in America CBAA The Committee to Ban Asbestos in America CBAA was formed by public health advocates to ban asbestos and fund federal medical and educational programs in the United States. Damning brochure Ban Asbestos Canada has produced a hard hitting brochure to be handed out at Workers' Memorial Day events.

High Resolution versions of the brochure are available from the BAC website in Black and White [ pdf ] and Colour [ pdf ]. Campaigners win recognition of asbestos diseases The Indonesian authorities have for the first time recognised officially the existence of asbestos disease cases in the country.

Indonesia had never before formally recognised a case of asbestosis, with sufferers routinely misdiagnosed with tuberculosis. The document, launched by Jeremy Corbyn on 16 May, notes: Global Asbestos Action Alliance news release.

Barroerock Construction Limited was prosecuted after repeated asbestos failings. Post implementation review of the Control of Asbestos RegulationsHSE, Linda Coates, 64, from Newcastle has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

Irwin Mitchell news release. Anyone who can help provide information about working conditions at Didcot Power Station in the s, or at Woolman Ltd, NG Bailey and Co Ltd and NEI Parsons Ltd should email Amber Connolly at Irwin Mitchell or telephone ITUC calls for asbestos trade crackdown Global union confederation ITUC has called for international action to stop the trade in deadly chrysotile asbestos.

Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties, 24 April-2 May Firms fined over bar conversion asbestos failings Two family run companies have been fined after admitting criminal health and safety failings at a site in Manchester, where they were carrying out a basement conversion.

Manchester Crown Court heard how Hatters Taverns Limited had appointed sister company Hatters Hostel Limited as the main contractor for the basement conversion beneath a hostel in Manchester city centre. The union said a survey conducted last month found nearly 50 per cent of all respondents had not been told whether their school contains asbestos. NUT news releaseasbestos Edufats and asbestos conference motion comment. The enforcement action came after the union alerted authorities to the problem.

Firms fined for asbestos blunders Two companies have been fined after unsafe asbestos work on a property in Leatherhead. Disturbed asbestos risk in many schools Asbestos has been disturbed in schools in a way that could affect the health of staff and pupils on at least 90 separate occasions in the last five years.

Asbestos in schools petition. Asbestos in schools conference, 4 July, Birmingham The first Joint Union Asbestos Committee JUAC conference is to take place in Birmingham on 4 July and will investigate the dangers from asbestos in schools and how to protect pupils and staff.

Speakers including Rachel Reeves MP, asbestos campaigners, trade unions, medical practitioners and representatives of the Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Education.

Further information from JUAC. Contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment A Bedfordshire contractor has been fined after failing to carry out suitable assessment of the risks posed by asbestos removal work. Teacher died of asbestos-related cancer A former teacher from Kent who died of asbestos related cancer could have inhaled the fibres in the classrooms where she worked.

Pearl Davis, 69, spent a decade working at schools in Gillingham, Chatham and Maidstone. Asbestos exposure risk in one in five schools Schoolchildren and teachers are being put at risk of asbestos exposure in around one in five schools across England, according to new government figures.

A report from the Education Funding Agency EFA revealed 19 per cent of schools have not been safely managing asbestos risks and in more than schools the situation has been so serious that the Department for Education DfE had to step in. EFA schools asbestos data collection and management guidance. Oxford University news release. Leigh Day news release. TUC asbestos eradication campaign.

Asbestos — time to get rid of it! TUC guide for safety representatives. Union warning on asbestos imports A four-pillar plan to fight asbestos importation to Australia has been issued by unions. The move by UNIONS NSW came after revelations that an engineering company with a history of importing asbestos is refusing to remove the illegal building material. Jill Moore of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire died of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma aged 71 on 11 November East Anglian Daily Times.

Lawyer Harminder Bains said: HSE news release and asbestos webpages. BC Federation of Labour news release. BC Court of Appeal ruling. A federal Senate committee is investigating how potentially lethal building products, some including banned asbestos, are making their way into the country. Australian government enquiry into non-conforming building products.

Asbestos removal firm fined after botched jobs Midlands-based firm Enviro-Safe Limited have been fined for failing to meet the standards required when removing asbestos. Birmingham Magistrates Court heard how the company failed to protect its employees from the spread of asbestos fibres during the removal work at separate projects. Asbestos analyst falsified dust readings An asbestos analyst has been fined after he falsified an asbestos air clearance certificate, following a licensed asbestos removal job in Manchester.

Government of Canada news release. The Joint Union Asbestos Committee JUAC was commenting after a coroner investigating the death in June of retired teacher Sue Stephens ruled she died following exposure to asbestos at work. Petition to protect children and teachers from asbestos exposures in schools. Watchdog nips in with pre-Trump chemical action In a last minute flurry of activity, the US regulator charged with ushering into effect a new chemical safety law, has named the first 10 chemicals — including asbestos — it has selected for risk evaluations.

The Environmental Protection Agency EPA announcement was the first major benchmark established by Congress when it passed sweeping changes earlier this year to the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The Pump Handle blog. Peter Kavanagh, regional secretary at Unite, said: Dave Green, FBU national officer, said: Six-figure settlements for asbestos cancers The union Unite has secured two six figure settlements after members developed the aggressive asbestos cancer mesothelioma. Thompsons Solicitors news releases on the compensation settlements for the former chemical worker and the family of the forklift driver. A 10 October story in the Mirror Business newspaper first revealed a ban scheduled for had now been pushed back toafter Russia warned the ban could damage relations between the countries.

Retired Unite member Albert Bingham, 72, was awarded a provisional settlement, meaning his case can be reopened if his health deteriorates because of his asbestos disease. Thompsons Solicitors news release. FBU member John Ford, 85, was first exposed to asbestos in when he was employed as a labourer at a shipyard, working in boiler rooms and near pipework that was insulated with asbestos and from to he worked as a firefighter, where he was again exposed to the dangerous fibres when dealing with fires in buildings that contained asbestos.

Roy Green was exposed to asbestos throughout his career. Unions press for an asbestos ban Asbestos is the leading cause of work-related death in Canada, prompting renewed union calls on the federal government to ban asbestos. Labour Congress CLC president Hassan Yussuff, speaking on 26 September, which is Mesothelioma Awareness Day in Canada, said: Banned asbestos intercepted by border authorities Border authorities in Australia have made more than a dozen interceptions of asbestos since a department shakeup last year, amid fears lax enforcement was allowing the killer substance to flood into the country from overseas.

Australian Border Force has made 13 seizures of the banned building material since it was established in July last year. Campaigners show docs how to spot asbestos diseaseDoctors in Scotland are to be given new guidance on how to diagnose asbestos-related disease in the hope of improving care for sufferers.

Campaigners from Clydeside Action on Asbestos CAAwhich helps people with asbestos cancers, has developed a new initiative designed to help GPs spot the signs of related diseases including mesothelioma quicker. Clydeside Action on Asbestos. Mick Whelan, general secretary at ASLEF, said: The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster has recommended that MPs move into the nearby Department of Health with peers going to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre.

Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster news releasereport summary and full report. While studies suggest as many people develop lung cancer caused by asbestos as develop mesothelioma caused by the fibre, compensation settlements for lung cancer are relatively rare as it is common in the general population and less likely to be attributed to work factors. HSE will investigate possible UK asbestos imports The Health and Safety Executive HSE is to launch a formal investigation into the possibility of illegal asbestos imports to the UK.

Company puts family and workers at risk A home improvement company has been fined after removing asbestos material from a domestic property unsafely and without a licence. TUC asbestos eradication guide. Questions raised over asbestos import risk A campaign group is investigating whether banned asbestos-containing materials could have been imported illegally into the UK by a Chinese-owned building materials multinational linked to asbestos material imported to Australia.

The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat IBAS said: Essex school fined over disturbed asbestos An Essex school has been fined after poorly-planned and managed refurbishment and maintenance activities exposed school staff and others to asbestos.

Chelmsford Crown Court heard that managers at The Boswells School, Chelmsford, decided to convert an old boiler room at the school into a cleaning store, however during the course of this work asbestos residue on the walls was disturbed and caretakers swept contaminated debris from floors. School reprimanded after union exposes asbestos blunders A Worcester school has received an official reprimand after the union UNISON raised concerns about dangerous work with asbestos.

Two year-old workers were seen knocking asbestos down from the roof of a small outbuilding at Christopher Whitehead Language College during the October half term in Updated guide for safety reps on asbestos in schoolsJUAC, July Olivetti bosses get jail for asbestos manslaughter Leading Italian businessman and media mogul Carlo De Benedetti has been convicted in connection to asbestos-related deaths at a company he led more than two decades ago.

The year-old was one of 16 defendants in a case concerning Olivetti, a typewriters and computers company where 13 employees died between the late s and the early s after being exposed to asbestos. Mesothelioma stats show need for asbestos action A single type of asbestos cancer has killed over 2, people for three consecutive years, latest official statistics show.

Mesothelioma in Great Britain: Mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain toHSE, July and HSE mesothelioma webpages. New union calls for asbestos removal from schools Calls for the government to remove asbestos from all schools and colleges have been stepped up following the death of a teacher.

Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the teaching union NUT, said: Times Education Supplement TES. Events nationwide to remember asbestos cancer victims Campaigners marked Action Mesothelioma Day on 1 July with high profile events nationwide. Action Mesothelioma Day and events listing. The Globe and Mail. Mines and Mining Development deputy minister, Fred Moyo, said: Action Mesothelioma Day, 1 July Now in its 10th year, Action Mesothelioma Day AMD is held on the first Friday in July, this year falling on Friday 1 July.

Events to mark AMD have been organised nationwide by asbestos victims support groups. Action Mesothelioma Day, 1 July events listing. Unions welcome asbestos ban move Unions have welcomed what they say is a long overdue move by the New Zealand government to ban imports of almost all asbestos-containing products.

Sam Huggard, secretary of the national union federation CTU, said: At the time of the incident the year-old worker, whose name has not been released, was working for Markem Haulage Limited delivering cement to locations across the West Midlands. Former steel rigger get pleural thickening payout A Unite member who developed diffuse pleural thickening as a result of exposure to asbestos at work has received an undisclosed payout. The former steel rigger, who was never provided with protective equipment or told about the dangers of working with asbestos, started to suffer from shortness of breath and panic attacks inat which point he visited his doctor who arranged for him to have a scan on his lungs.

Time to get rid of asbestos, says TUC It is time to get rid of asbestos for good, the TUC has said. A guide for workplace union reps. Former teacher's death linked to asbestos Former colleagues of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer are being urged to help with an investigation into how he came into contact with the harmful substance.

David Clegg, a former teacher and factory worker from Knottingley, was diagnosed with mesothelioma just a week before he died in February, aged Pontefract and Castleford Express. Anyone with information is being asked to contact Ian Toft at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors on The retired carpenter, whose name has not been released, was employed in various prisons between and where he carried out maintenance work on prison buildings. Fears over asbestos in imported building materials Concerns have been raised about asbestos being imported into Australia in cheap building materials, with more than 50 sites thought to be affected.

While the importation of any materials containing asbestos has been banned in Australia for the past decade, investigations carried out by the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency ASEA have led to the monitoring of buildings across several states, amid concerns that cheap imported materials from China have contained the carcinogenic substance.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE served the force with an improvement notice following inspections at four sites in Glasgow earlier this year. Family of engineer appeal for asbestos help The family of a BECTU member Patrick Smith is urging anyone who has worked at aerial transmission sites in the UK to come forward with information about the working conditions. Patrick worked as a technical engineer between and at locations including Wenvoe, Wood Norton, Daventry, Sutton Coldfield, Wooferton, Washford, Ascension Island, Droitwich and Bressay.

Anyone who may have any relevant information should contact Jackie Wood at Thompsons on Maintenance worker developed disabling lung disease The family of a West Yorkshire maintenance worker who developed a disabling lung condition after working with asbestos has received compensation from the NHS.

Unite member Jack Coleman from Cleckheaton worked as a plumber at Leeds General Infirmary from untilwhere he repaired pipework lagged with asbestos in the hospital.

How the asbestos industry turns to British scientistsHazards, numberMarch Gas engineer put tenants at asbestos risk A gas engineer removed potentially dangerous asbestos material during a gas boiler replacement putting himself and others at risk from exposure to asbestos fibres.

Brian Hockin, 58, was removing an old warm air heating system at a residential property in Wrafton when he disturbed asbestos insulation board that surrounded the warm air boiler, ignoring concerns raised by tenants.

The probe by the Washington DC-based Center for Public Accountability said: As a result of the talks, communities minister Lesley Griffiths has written to every local authority and registered social landlord in Wales calling on them to ensure contractors are fully informed of asbestos in a property before starting maintenance work.

Union veteran puts rail asbestos risks on record People across York probably breathed in deadly asbestos dust from the former York rail carriageworks in the late s and 60s, a former union leader has warned. Former Unite TGWU rep and branch secretary Paul Cooper, 72, who worked at the factory in the city from until it closed in and has long campaigned about employees' exposure to asbestos, said huge extractor fans were fitted in an asbestos spraying workshop in the late s which pumped dust into the air.

Slater and Gordon briefing on York carriageworks and asbestos. IBAS paper on rail union asbestos campaigns in the UK. Union calls for national asbestos registry and ban A Canadian union leader has called for a national registry of the location of asbestos materials.

The call from Philip Venoit, president of Vancouver Island Building and Construction Trades Council, came after latest figures from Statistics Canada revealed new cases of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma had doubled across the country, from cases in to cases in Work cancer hazards blog. Renewed warning after teacher dies of asbestos cancer The death of a teacher from an asbestos cancer shows that school staff and pupils are still at risk of deadly asbestos diseases, unions have warned.

The alert came after Lincolnshire coroner Paul Kelly recorded that Elizabeth Belt, who taught in schools in the county from todied as a result of an industrial disease, the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. Olivetti asbestos trial gets underway Seventeen ex-managers at the electronics firm, Olivetti, are on trial over allegations that asbestos exposure at a factory in the Piedmont town of Ivrea caused 14 deaths.

The accused, who include Franco De Benedetti, the current chief of scooter manufacturer Piaggio, worked for the company between the late s and Academy fined over asbestos risks An academy trust has been fined for its criminal failure to manage asbestos and ensure the safety of builders working at a Medway school. Firms fined after asbestos failings A food company and its contractor have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor came to the site.

Post union acts until asbestos all clear Union members at a Merseyside postal delivery office have returned to work after securing assurances about asbestos safety in the building. CWU members at the Kirkby office walked out after suspected asbestos was discovered while contractors were renovating the building.

TUC dismay at asbestos cancer levy cut The government should not cut the levy on insurance companies introduced to meet the cost of otherwise uncompensated cases of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, the TUC has said. Ministerial statement 12 January The move came after the Royal British Legion said British veterans who developed the terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure during their military service were being unfairly treated, as they were only eligible for incremental war pension payments after being diagnosed with the rapidly lethal cancer.

Unlicensed firm removed school asbestos A construction firm removed an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not having the legally required licence to do the work. HSE news release and asbestos licensing webpage. The year-old Unite member worked on the railway for three years and then left to join the Royal Air Force as an aircraft engineer, and later became a software designer at an IT company.

Cinema director fined for asbestos failings A St Albans cinema director has been fined after he put workers and members of the public at risk of exposure to asbestos. James Hannaway, 68, the sole director of The Alpha Cinema St Albans Limited was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive HSE after he allowed refurbishment of the derelict multiscreen cinema to begin in without proper checks for asbestos. Unite helps family of asbestos cancer victim The family of a mechanical fitter from Lincoln who died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma has received a six figure compensation payment, with the help of his former union, Unite.

The victim, whose name has not been release, was exposed to asbestos while working at a power station in the early s. Government rejects levy for mesothelioma research The government has refused to back a call to make insurers pay for potentially life-saving research into a treatment for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. Mesothelioma Amendment Bill, House of Lords debateHansard, 20 November Company fined after failure to act on asbestos risks Blue Diamond Engineering Limited has been fined after asbestos was found in its County Durham factory but the firm failed to document or manage the risks to employees or visitors to the site.

Current laws mean that the MoD does not have to pay compensation for accidents or injuries suffered beforewhich rules out those with mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure decades ago. Royal British Legion asbestos justice campaign. TUC Stronger Unions blog. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health warned that at least 5, people die annually as a result of exposure to asbestos.

Management ignored hospital asbestos for years Unite is calling for answers and action after it was revealed more than 20 workers have been exposed to asbestos for years in a Manchester hospital.

The union says the exposures came after Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed to deal with the cancer causing substance, putting staff, patients and visitors at risk. Most Sheffield schools contain asbestos Campaigners and politicians have called for drastic action amid revelations eight out of ten schools in Sheffield contain asbestos. Shocking new estimate of the asbestos death toll Over 47, people in the European Union are dying of asbestos related conditions each year with the UK topping the fatalities list, a new report has concluded.

Eliminating occupational cancer in EuropeETUI, 29 September Council urged to come clean on schools asbestos Unions should be told how an east London council is dealing with the asbestos found in half its schools, GMB has said. Barking and Dagenham Post. Robert Nolan is a key scientific witness for the company in a US court case concerning the death of a worker from asbestos-related lung disease. The University of Stirling team said Scotland leads the way in protecting the rights of people affected by asbestos, but found people who suffer from pleural plaques, an asbestos-related chest condition, are being forced to second-guess their chances of subsequently developing a potentially fatal condition such as lung cancer or mesothelioma.

Stirling University news release. Irwin Mitchell Solicitors news release. The latest evidence, obtained by Canadian human rights organisation RightOnCanada. Firms knew about asbestos, workers did not A construction management company and the director of a construction firm have been fined for serious safety failings during work with asbestos on a London construction site.

Work carried out by three employees of Chelmsford construction firm Cowen Builders Limited exposed them to asbestos over several days, after the main contractor failed to pass on details of an asbestos survey.

A total of 11, deaths where mesothelioma was found to be an underlying cause were recorded in England and Wales across the four-year period analysed, with the number of fatalities increasing every year. Mesothelioma deaths, England and Wales, deaths registeredONS, August [ excel ]. Pirelli managers convicted over asbestos deaths A Milan court has convicted 11 former Pirelli managers of culpable homicide over the deaths of some 20 workers from asbestos related cancers.

The court gave the managers, which included two ex-CEOs, jail terms of up to seven years and eight months; all eleven were Pirelli board members between and when, prosecutors said, workers were exposed to asbestos. Deadly admission should lead to asbestos ban The Canadian government has finally admitted there is no safe level of exposure to asbestos. In a call echoed in editorials in national newspapers, public sector union CUPE said the government rethink should lead to a national ban on asbestos.

Asbestos campaigners force cancer costs u-turn The government has agreed to waive new court fees for cases involving asbestos-related disease in what has been hailed as a landmark decision for claimants. The Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK brought the case alongside mesothelioma sufferers Ian Doughty and Carole Sloper.

Leigh Day Solicitors news release. Call for new asbestos eradication law to cut cancers A new asbestos eradication law requiring the safe, planned removal of all the asbestos that still remains in place should be introduced, the union Unite has said. Making the call on 3 July, the annual Mesothelioma Action Day, Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum report on Mesothelioma Action Day BBC News Online and Victoria Derbyshire programme.

Thousands of police officers in asbestos exposure alert Up to 30, police officers might have come into contact with asbestos at training facilities, the Metropolitan Police has said. Metropolitan Police news release. Council fined after a decade of asbestos neglect A London council fined for its criminal failings on asbestos safety should listen more closely to its safety reps, a union has urged. UNISON reps on Waltham Forest Borough Council were speaking out after the local authority was fined for exposing members of staff and visiting contractors to the potentially lethal dangers of asbestos, which it knew to be present in the Town Hall basement.

UNISON Waltham Forest news release. Asbestos industry celebrates business as usual Governments backing the asbestos industry have derailed attempts to require mandatory warnings on all its cancer-causing exports. Schools asbestos survey confirms union fears Concerns about the standards of asbestos management in schools have been confirmed by a union survey. Just published findings of the online survey of a small sample of members of the teaching union NUT found 44 per cent of respondents had not been told whether their school contains asbestos.

UN warning on asbestos risk in Europe One in three people in Europe are at risk from asbestos exposures, with the deadly fibre claiming thousands of lives each year, a United Nations UN report has warned.

A high-level meeting on environment and health in Europe on 30 April ended with an urgent appeal to all European countries to eliminate asbestos-related diseases. WHO Europe news release and mesothelioma costs table. United Nations news release. WHO guidelines on elimination of asbestos related diseases.

Contractor fined for potential asbestos risk A restaurant leaseholder has been sentenced after illegally removing asbestos from the building during refurbishment work. Aman Ullah was in control of construction work which included the removal of asbestos insulation board soffits from the premises.

Asbestos cancers highlight education risks Recent reports of asbestos cancers in education workers have highlighted the potentially deadly risks in the sector. The Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK website and Charter for Justice. Writing in the journal Respirology, experts from Australia, Indonesia and the UK note: Asbestos in AsiaRespirology, early view, published online ahead of print, 29 March Paul Baas and Sjaak Burgers.

Asbestos stop in AsiaEditorial, Respirology, early view, published online ahead of print, 31 March Asbestos exposures killed art teacher The family of a former art teacher who died from cancer after years of pinning pupils' work to classroom walls lined with asbestos is taking legal action against the local council. Jennifer Barnett worked Archway School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, between andwhen she left teaching. Union warning on school asbestos toll Asbestos is claiming the lives of up to former pupils and 15 teachers a year, according to a report from the teaching union NUT.

The union is calling for a national audit of all schools to assess the asbestos risk. Suspended jail term over asbestos exposure A Leeds trader has been given a suspended jail sentence after exposing a household and workers to potentially dangerous levels of asbestos fibres at a home in Bramhope.

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Asbestos Forum news release. Asbestos in Schools newsletter. Asbestos-related occupational cancers compensated under the Spanish National Insurance System,International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health IJOEHvolume 21, number 1, pagesJanuary-March UK body refuses to recognise two asbestos cancers The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council IIAC has said cancers of the larynx or ovary linked to asbestos exposure should not be added to the list of prescribed industrial diseases.

Cancer of the larynx caused by asbestos is already recognised for state compensation payouts in countries including Germany, France, Denmark and Italy. IIAC summary and Cancers of the larynx or ovary and work with asbestos: IIAC information noteFebruary IARC Monograph C, Crude oil chart live india gives guarded welcome to mesothelioma payouts rise The GMB union was said that changes to the way that victims of the cancer mesothelioma, caused by asbestos exposure, do not go far enough.

Housing workers exposed to asbestos Construction union UCATT has exposed a significant scandal where several of their members were exposed to the killer dust, asbestos. The members were employed by Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Ltd a subsidiary o. Government plugs mesothelioma payouts hole Sufferers of an asbestos-related cancer will in the livestock auctions in tulsa oklahoma receive extra payouts after the government revised its mesothelioma compensation rules.

DWP news release and ministerial written statement. The court said Welsh ministers had no right to impose charges to fund the NHS, and insurers should not be given extra liabilities for asbestos exposure which long predated the bill. Supreme Court press summary. Workers given baby investment options besides 401k to wash off asbestos A Suffolk building company has been free forex trade alerts after removing asbestos insulation board without a licence and failing to protect its workers from falls of up to four metres at a farm building in Waltham, Essex.

Workers were potentially exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres and only provided with baby wipes or access to a hose for decontamination. Stuart Pearce admits deadly asbestos fears England football star Stuart Pearce is warning tradespeople of the deadly risks posed by asbestos.

The former electrician said he could have breathed in asbestos while working as an electrician before his football career took off. HSE news releaseBeware Asbestos app and asbestos webpages.

North Sea workers faced an asbestos risk Hundreds of North Sea oil and gas workers could have been exposed to deadly asbestos while drilling offshore. Fears for their safety arose after a retired rigger was awarded a five-figure legal settlement after contracting asbestos-related pleural thickening, caused by asbestos used in Flosal, a powdered substance used in the s to lubricate pipes being drilled into the sea floor.

Companies exposed plumbers to asbestos Two plumbers were exposed to potentially-deadly asbestos because of criminal failures by two Barnstable companies, a court has heard. Employees of Pilkington Plumbing and Heating Ltd were allowed to carry out removal of a back boiler and to drill a wall panel at a North Devon Homes property exercise options td ameritrade Ilfracombe, despite not receiving an asbestos survey from North Devon Homes.

Unite news release and online campaign pack on asbestos for Unite membe rs. Plans for NHS in Scotland to recoup asbestos costs Plans for the health service in Scotland to recoup the cost of medical treatment from companies that exposed workers to asbestos have gone out to consultation.

A bill lodged at the Scottish parliament by Stuart McMillan would introduce legislation to ensure that the NHS can claw back the money spent caring for people who have contracted conditions such as mesothelioma.

Stuart McMillan MSP blog. NUT ups its campaign on deadly asbestos in schools Teaching union NUT is scaling up a beginners guide to daytrading online campaign on the deadly risk posed by asbestos in schools, and is pressing the Department cairo alex stock market Education DfE to come clean about the findings of a policy review.

The 19 November ruling means the former head of the Eternit Group is no longer a fugitive, because the public prosecutor ruled the original charges were filed too late. In a unanimous vote, the ACTU Executive somerset ky livestock auction to the action in response to a shortfall in the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund AICF make money selling replica watches up to compensate asbestos sufferers.

The Court of Cassation overturned an year prison sentence for Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny, the former owner of construction giant Eternit. Veterans falling to mesothelioma As the country remembered those who have died in conflicts, the TUC has said those who suffered and died as a result of hazardous exposures while serving in the forces should not be forgotten. Many contracted diseases they contracted while serving in the military, including the deadly asbestos cancer mesothelioma.

Burnley Coroners Court heard the former Burnley FC, Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper later worked as a plumber and came into contact with asbestos during his work. Supreme Court victory for asbestos victims A landmark Supreme Court judgment will forex tick trades a fair settlement for the bereaved families of asbestos disease victims. The ruling establishes that under the Factories Act the occupier of the premises is responsible for the welfare of the people on site, not just those it employs directly, stock market forecasting using machine learning algorithms that the Asbestos Industry Regulations apply to all factories using asbestos - not just those involved in the asbestos industry.

Two other members of the family - Charlie Glass, 68, and cousin Tommy Glass, 80 — have also developed an asbestos related condition. Mr Warner died on 16 June aged 73 after contracting mesothelioma, an asbestos-related lung cancer. The court handed down the decision in how to make a checkbox in microsoft excel 2016 suits filed by former asbestos mill workers in southern Osaka Prefecture and their bereaved families.

Court rules asbestos payout cut is illegal Government plans to deduct legal fees from the damages paid to people dying from an asbestos cancer are unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

Pulmonary fibrosis asbestos link found Many cases of a common lung disease that were assumed to be of no known cause are in fact the result of exposure to asbestos, UK scientists believe. The charges come from Michael Lees, a founder member of the Asbestos in Schools campaign and whose teacher wife Gina died of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. Asbestos cancer caused by school exposures A woman who was told she had less than a year to live after being diagnosed with a terminal asbestos-related cancer but who is now in remission has called for action to protect people from asbestos in schools.

Sarah Bowman, 46, was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma in Augustcaused by exposure to asbestos dust while she was a pupil at a London school undergoing refurbishment in the early s. NHS Trust fined for long-term asbestos failings An NHS Trust has been fined after it was found likely to have exposed workers to potentially fatal asbestos material for more than a decade at its three hospitals in Hertfordshire. Between April and Decemberthe estates team at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was maintaining buildings at Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital and St Albans Hospital without knowing that asbestos was present or being trained to identify and control exposure.

Brothers jailed for exposing workers to asbestos Two brothers from Stoke-on-Trent with little or no experience of building and construction work have been given prison sentences after they exposed workers to asbestos, continually ignoring official orders to stop.

At least seven workers are known to have been exposed to asbestos — one aged just 17 at the time — by snooker hall manager Akram Hussain, 52, and taxi driver Inam Hussain, 47, during refurbishment work at a former print works in Burslem. Firefighter was killed by asbestos cancer The family of a Newcastle upon Tyne retired firefighter, who died aged 78 from an asbestos cancer, has received compensation. The FBU member, whose name has not been released but who worked at a central Newcastle fire station for over 25 years, was diagnosed with mesothelioma on 1 August and died three days later.

Hannah Scott, 69, worked as a cleaner at Teign School in Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, from to The Justice Select Committee report published on 1 August is highly critical of a government review that concluded a costs exemption for mesothelioma sufferers should end. House of Commons Justice Committee: Public sector union UNISON warned, however, that a period of three to five years is needed to mj forex training centre stock of these changes and their effect before any such review should go ahead.

The member, whose name has not been released, was exposed to asbestos in the s and s because a series of employers did not follow well-established workplace safety standards on preventing asbestos exposure or conduct proper risk assessments. UNISON calls for schools asbestos audit The next Labour government must ensure there is a full audit of asbestos how much money did alice in wonderland make schools, public sector union UNISON has said.

Chris Wallace, 36, was diagnosed with an asbestos-related mesothelioma at Rail job led to asbestos cancer British Rail has paid compensation to a former employee with a terminal asbestos-related cancer. Harold Shaw began working for British Rail at Crewe Railway Works in as a labourer in the Tender Shop, cleaning out the fitting pits at the works, which were lined with asbestos, then moved to a new role in the Asbestos House where he removed asbestos-lagged exhaust pipes until when he retired.

Final insult for workers dying because of their jobs A government deal cooked up with the insurance industry and that robs asbestos cancer victims of a large chunk of their compensation is continuing to attract criticism.

Campaigners press for asbestos justice Asbestos disease campaigners, politicians and unions spoke out on 4 July to mark Action Mesothelioma Day, calling for urgent action to combat the deadly asbestos cancer. Deaths from mesothelioma, which is incurable and now kills in excess of 2, people a year, are still to peak in the UK, meaning tens of thousands more will die unless new treatments are found.

Asbestos disease victims deserve better treatment Unions are asking their members to sign an e-petition calling on the government to provide funding for research into treatments and cures for asbestos-related diseases. The online petition to the Department of Health notes: Health risks cheap stock trading app chrysotile asbestosCurrent Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, volume 20, issue 4, pagesJuly In another case highlighting the potent killing power of asbestos, Lindsey Aherne, 63, received the payout after her husband, Denis, died of mesothelioma inthe result of growing up near the Cape Asbestos factory in Barking, London.

Education changes put staff and pupils at risk Government-imposed changes to the education system have undermined the safety of staff and pupils, the union NASUWT has charged. The union was speaking out after a Health and Safety Executive HSE probe uncovered a criminal failure to deal properly with asbestos in more than 1 in 8 schools inspected. More than 1 in 8 non-LA schools illegal on asbestos A criminal failure to deal properly how do you get smoola on magic piano for free asbestos was found in more than 1 in 8 schools inspected in a Health and Safety Executive HSE probe.

Under the deal, the government acquiesced to an insurance industry demand and imposed legal costs on mesothelioma sufferers successfully claiming compensation. STUC is urging the justice committee to support amendments submitted by Captcha code money making Finnie MSP to the Courts Reform Scotland Bill, to protect rights including legal representation.

Death linked director jailed for illegal asbestos sales A year-old Shropshire man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after his company illegally supplied roofing panels containing asbestos.

Scots asbestos how to hack cash in 8 ball pool android face compensation blow Planned legal changes in Scotland could mean those suffering from asbestos-related illnesses could lose out on legal representation and compensation, a member of the Scottish parliament MSP has said.

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Cruelty of asbestos payout scheme exposed The widow of a man who died from asbestos-related cancer is set to miss out on a six figure payout from a government compensation scheme, because he was diagnosed a few days before the scheme kicked in.

Sid Pointon, 73, was diagnosed with cancer just 10 days before the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme cut-off for payments to help families who have lost loved ones because of the killer dust. Labour promises more support for asbestos victims The next Labour government will provide fresh assistance to victims of asbestos, a shadow minister has pledged. Workers not told about known asbestos risk A south London building firm has been fined after a foreman and others were kept in the dark about asbestos exposures.

Union call for better asbestos disease treatment Communication workers have called for better compensation and more funding for research relating to the deadly asbestos-related disease mesothelioma. The Western Morning News notes that in the five years from toa total of asbestos-related deaths were recorded in Devon and Cornwall, but adds: Contractors exposed workers to asbestos dust A Bath building contractor exposed two of its employees to asbestos dust while working at a residential property in the city, a court has newton stockmarket managed. Geoff Thomas and Son Ltd allowed the workmen to demolish a basement ceiling in January without checking for the presence of asbestos —and when it realised the deadly fibre was present, it sent the pair to work on other jobs without decontaminating their clothes.

Britain; School caretaker died from asbestos cancer A man from who spent years working as a caretaker in schools across Hampshire died as a result of asbestos exposure, an inquest has fund.

Graham Gale died aged 62 on 24 November last year. Some KiwiRail freight services were cancelled after asbestos was found in a paint sample on the Zarabia na forexie trains. The Department for Education DfE launched the policy review after it was confirmed that children are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of asbestos. The consultation, which closes earn money online cashcrate the end of March, followed extensive lobbying by the Joint Union Asbestos Campaign and the Asbestos in Schools Group - two groups in which UNISON plays a central role.

Bid to reclaim NHS asbestos costs in Scotland The medical costs of treating people in Scotland who suffer from diseases linked to asbestos could be reclaimed under a new bill. Ministry backs immediate asbestos ban A ban on asbestos in Thailand could be imminent after where to learn forex trading in malaysia Thai Public Health Ministry MoPH last week passed a resolution calling for an immediate prohibition on the use of chrysotile asbestos, the only form of asbestos still legal in the country.

Welcoming the government nifty options and futures for an asbestos ban, Thailand Ban Asbestos Network T-BAN coordinator Somboon Sreekumdokkae urged politicians and officials to work alongside civil society campaigners. National union federation ACTU was speaking out after it was revealed locomotives and car parts containing asbestos but certified as asbestos-free had entered the country from China.

Government blocks justice for mesothelioma victims Eight years ago the TUC proposed a no-fault fund of last resort for people who were injured or who developed any disease through work but where their employer had not got insurance, or the insurer could not be traced. Now a coalition government bill, which had been criticised by asbestos disease advocacy groups and unions for is every limited scope — it only compensates one asbestos cancer, mesothelioma - and reduced payouts, had its final stage in the Commons.

Asbestos scheme is not good enough Lawyers for people futures and options trading tutorial pdf from an always fatal asbestos cancer have said a new compensation scheme is not good enough.

School workers to complete asbestos survey The public sector union UNISON is asking its safety reps and stewards in the schools sector to complete a short joint union survey on the management of asbestos.

The union says this will form a vital part of the evidence to be presented by the Joint Union Asbestos Committee to the Department for Education's DfE review of its policy on asbestos. Asbestos pushers told to push off The government of India must introduce an immediate ban on asbestos, health professionals and campaigners have said. The Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India OEHNI coordinated the international response best spread forex trading systems an asbestos industry promotional drive in the country that has seen imports of chrysotile asbestos nearly double in six years, with a company event pushing the deadly product in New Delhi this week.

The woman, who lived only yards from newton stockmarket managed Turner Brothers asbestos factory in Hindley Green as a child in the s and 60s, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer, in the autumn of Clive Beck, who was head of history at Ratton School between anddied aged 71 in Aprilaround 18 months after he was diagnosed with the incurable cancer.

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North Warwickshire Borough Council and a Birmingham decorating firm were fined after workers were exposed to potentially-deadly asbestos fibres. Humana work at home pharmacist engulf asbestos-backed scientists Emerging scandals concerns academics in the UK and Canada have exposed the lengths to which the asbestos industry will go to manipulate science and boost its deadly product.

The Past is Prologue, Universities in Service to Corporations: Fears that an influential steering group set up to manage and monitor the impact of asbestos in schools is to be disbanded, has led to widespread anger and concern by unions who form the joint union asbestos campaign JUAC. Victims want honour stripped from asbestos boss Seventeen years after Yale University gave Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny an honorary doctorate of humane letters for environmental stewardship, a group of asbestos disease survivors and family members of asbestos cancer victims in Italy is asking the university to revoke the degree.

Two companies fined after admitting asbestos crimes A leading British dairy products company and a Manchester welding company have been fined for exposing employees to material containing the killer dust asbestos at an industrial site in Devon. Dairy Crest, one of the top companies listed on the London Stock exchange, was prosecuted on Friday 13 September alongside Rochdale Electric Welding Company Limited REWCOof Middleton, Greater Manchester, after the Baby boomer retirement affect on stock market identified failings with the planning of the job and a lack of training for workers involved.

Justice sought with new asbestos registry The union representing people who worked at a notorious asbestos mine on Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula is demanding changes to eligibility criteria that prevented most of them from receiving compensation.

The United Steelworkers union USW says health information gathered by the Baie Verte miners' registry shows people were unfairly denied web master earn cash for diseases caused by exposure to chrysotile, or white, asbestos.

Baie Verte Miners Registry and Out of the fog film explaining the background to the registry. Students rooms contain asbestos At least 17, students slept in university bedrooms that contained asbestos last year, official figures have revealed. Although universities have asbestos management procedures, campaigners have raised concerns that students may not remington model 770 replacement stocks damaged asbestos because they do not know it is there.

Marlene Vile, whose maiden name was Tilzey, died in February after being diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma in September Unions welcome new asbestos cash Unions in Australia have welcomed a cash injection from the federal government for the new Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency.

Russia, which now fronts the global asbestos lobby, claims asbestos exports should continue because the carcinogenic fibre is used safely in its destination countries.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that James Roger Carlton, 64, ignored the presence of asbestos insulation board at the site of the former King Edward VI School in Retford, despite being advised by the Health and Safety Executive on several occasions about how to address the risk.

Asbestos trade up by 20 per cent Global asbestos exports increased from curs de trading forex, tons in to 1, tons inlatest figures show. Canadian human rights campaigner Kathleen Ruff, writing on the Prevent Cancer Now website, puts the continuing trade in asbestos down to an industry public relations strategy that saw large sums of cash handed to researchers who were industry stooges. UNISON resources on asbestos in schools Public sector union UNISON says it is ready to ratchet up its campaign against asbestos in schools and has prepared a series of documents to help activists, reps and parents who are concerned about the issue.

UNISON alert and guides: The long and winding road to an asbestos free workplaceJan Cremers and Rolf Gehring editorsCLR Studies 7, Asbestos eradication law takes effect Groundbreaking measures to protect Australians from asbestos have become law.

Minister for employment and workplace relations Bill Shorten welcomed the passing of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Bill by the Australian parliament. Health board done for asbestos failings A Scottish health board has been fined for safety failings that left workers and contractors at risk from deadly asbestos fibres.

Children face a greater risk from asbestos exposure A heavyweight government scientific advisory committee has concluded that children are far more vulnerable to asbestos exposure than adults. The Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment CoC was asked for advice on the relative vulnerability of children to asbestos to inform discussions of the Department for Education's Asbestos in Schools Steering Group.

Mum dies from asbestos cancer that killed her dad A mother-of-three who contracted cancer from childhood cuddles with her father in his asbestos-covered overalls has died. A globally respected asbestos campaigner, Debbie Brewer, 53, verizon wireless cell phone plan comparison seven years battling mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer.

Billionaire Swiss asbestos killer gets longer sentence A billionaire Swiss industrialist convicted for his part in Italy's biggest asbestos scandal has had his jail sentence lengthened to 18 years, in a ruling campaigners said would set a precedent how to buy lifevantage stock workplace safety lawsuits.

Stephan Schmidheiny, found guilty of negligence that led to more than 2, asbestos-related deaths, was also ordered to pay millions of euros in damages to local authorities, victims and their families by an appeals court in Turin. Instead of providing protection for all industrial disease victims as unions had called for, it limits support to mesothelioma only, imposes an arbitrary eligibility cut-off date of 25 July and is expected only to pay only 70 per cent of average compensation.

Unions force U-turn on asbestos report A joint campaign by education unions has led to the HSE agreeing to release a report on asbestos contamination in a Welsh school. Cwmcarn High School, Caerphilly, nse option trading strategies pdf closed in October after it was found that asbestos fibres were being released from the school's heaters into the classrooms.

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GMB member Thomas Hepple, 72, from North Shields, was diagnosed with pleural thickening — a debilitating lung disease — after suffering severe chest pain and breathlessness in May Mother-of-three Yvonne Moaby died at her home in Quenington from mesothelioma, an incurable form of cancer caused by asbestos, in May Government to introduced cut-back asbestos scheme The government is set to introduce a long-delayed compensation scheme for asbestos victims.

But plans have now been downgraded so only victims of one asbestos-related condition, mesothelioma, diagnosed after Julywill be eligible and payouts will be lower than originally planned too, with an estimated people a year receiving compensation at about 70 per cent of the level paid where the insurer can be found. GMB calls for school asbestos surveys Everyone with children at school and those who work in our schools must ensure the school heating system has been checked by an authorised asbestos surveyor, the union GMB has urged.

Asbestos alert on school heaters Unions this week sent an urgent warning to schools, urging them to check whether they have warm air cabinet heaters that could contain asbestos.

The year-old, whose name has not been released, was exposed to asbestos while working as an apprentice gas fitter and then for several shipyards. Employment minister Bill Shorten said the legislation would establish an Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency. The resolution, adopted by the parliament on 14 March with a to 51 majority, easy way to make money saints row 3 for the implementation of a co-ordinated European Union EU strategy to remove all asbestos.

Welcome for schools asbestos probe The union GMB has welcomed a call for evidence by the House of Commons Education Select Committee on the issues around asbestos in schools. The parliamentary committee will hear evidence on 13 March. Bathroom appliance maker in asbestos payout A Bathroom appliance manufacturer has paid compensation to a former employee who developed an incurable asbestos disease. Unite supported the claim by Eli Richards, 79, from Great Wyrley, Walsall when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December Official agencies stung into asbestos action A United Nations health agency, stung by allegations it had too close a relationship with the asbestos industry, has issued a statement confirming its support for an end to all asbestos use.

Joint WHO-IARC Statement in response to the recent Lancet report: Cancer agency criticised over asbestos ties Alleged links between the International Agency for How to get unlimited money in borderlands 2 xbox on Cancer IARC and the asbestos industry have been condemned on the eve of a crucial UN conference.

IARC in the dock over ties with asbestos industryThe Lancet, volumeissuepages2 February Brum builder fined for illegal asbestos work A Birmingham builder has been prosecuted after he exposed himself and potentially young children and their parents to asbestos on the street where he lives.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted Nicholas Sharpe, trading as Sharpe Builders, after he illegally removed and broke up asbestos panels from a home in Castle Bromwich.

Architect in deadly asbestos oversight An architects' practice has been prosecuted after builders were potentially exposed to asbestos fibres during construction work at Aberystwyth Rugby Club in Mid-Wales.

UNISON launches an asbestos exposure database UNISON has become the latest union to run an asbestos exposure database.

Joyce Smith died from mesothelioma in March aged 86 after a nine month battle with the incurable condition.

Insurance firms oppose NHS asbestos refund law Legislation to refund the NHS in Wales for the cost of treating asbestos sufferers is unnecessary and impractical, insurance firms have said. Proposals going through the Welsh assembly would force businesses to pay the medical costs of workers who develop asbestos related diseases as stock market matching 1929 result of exposures at work.

Pupils and school staff exposed to asbestos Staffordshire Penny stock limit orders Council and a refurbishment firm have been fined for exposing a nursery class, school staff and two joiners to asbestos fibres. Rugeley firm G Evans Services Ltd was refurbishing Glenthorne Community Primary School in Cheslyn Hay for the council when the incident happened on Friday, 13 February Robin Gould from Westbury, Wiltshire was diagnosed with mesothelioma in January after suffering from breathlessness.

Second payout after deadly work disease progressed The family a chemical worker who died after years suffering from a debilitating asbestos-related disease has received a second compensation payout. The year-old from Cheshire, whose name has not been released, died from a heart attack in May Refurb job led to asbestos exposures Safety failures by plumbing company Superior Plumbing Installations Ltd may have led to two workers being exposed to asbestos fibres during a major refurbishment project on flats in Aberystwyth.

The workers - a site manager and a subcontractor - were not provided with information about the presence of asbestos while working earn cash surfing network the flats from November to February GMB member Robert Kemp, 75, from Sunderland diagnosed with diffuse pleural thickening, a condition related to asbestos exposure. Welsh plan new 'polluter pays' law on asbestos Pontypridd AM Mick Antoniw, has introduced a bill in the Welsh aimed at introducing a law to force businesses and insurers to foot NHS medical bills for asbestos victims.

Unions plan for global asbestos ban The Australian government must use its influence to curtail the international trade sungard trading risk systems ltd asbestos, national union federation ACTU has said. ACTU president Ged Kearney made the call as the union body prepared to welcome a delegation of trade unionists from Canada, Laos and India.

Lying asbestos directors lose appeal Seven former directors of the one-time asbestos giant James Hardie have lost an appeal in the Australian courts to scrap penalties and disqualifications, ending a marathon legal battle over a board decision to release misleading information to the Australian Stock Exchange about the adequacy of a compensation fund for asbestos victims.

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Demolition firm removed asbestos illegally A Cheltenham demolition company has been prosecuted after exposing its own workers to dangerous asbestos fibres and illegally removing asbestos waste from a property in Gloucester. The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted DA Environmental Services Ltd introducing forex broker options trading Cheltenham Magistrates' Court for three breaches of regulations relating to asbestos removal.

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The Parents' Right To Know campaign wants information on the levels of asbestos, and its condition, in every school in Wales. Unions press for schools asbestos audit Schools cannot be left to self-regulate on safety and the government must order a national audit of asbestos in all UK schools, education unions have said.

Commenting in the wake of a school asbestos contamination controversy in Wales, the Joint Union Asbestos Committee JUACsaid the government should follow the lead of the Welsh Assembly and order an audit of asbestos in all UK schools. HSE is seeking to outsource asbestos campaign The Health and Safety Executive HSE is planning to outsource the next phase of its campaign to warn the public about the life-threatening danger of asbestos. This week selling put options screener trade magazine PR Week reported it believed three briefs have been drawn up for agencies to lead the communications work, economic factors of the 1929 stock market crash insight and offer partnership marketing.

Closure leads to asbestos surveys of all Welsh schools Emergency asbestos surveys will be carried out at schools across Wales after the closure of Cwmcarn High School. The school in south Wales was shut last week following the discovery of asbestos contamination, with pupils sent home. Asbestos criminal escapes jail The director of a south London firm has been given a suspended jail sentence, a curfew and community service after stock market forecast for tomorrow asbestos from a house without a licence and deceiving the householders by providing a doctored air test saying the room was safe to re-enter.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE investigated the circumstances of the incident and brought the prosecution against Peter Horrey under the Control of Asbestos Regulations Union welcome asbestos eradication plan The creation of a new national agency to oversee the management and removal of asbestos is an important step towards eradicating all asbestos from Australia byunions have said. Michael Borowick, assistant secretary of the national union federation ACTU, said the new Office for Asbestos Safety must move quickly to implement a plan to make Australia asbestos-free within two decades.

Firms guilty over mill asbestos danger Two companies have been prosecuted after workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at a mill in Bolton. The Health and Safety Executive HSE took legal action against mill owner Hazelwise Ltd and letting agent RH Property Management Ltd after finding dozens of damaged asbestos boards stacked up at Brownlow Mill during a visit on 20 October Firms overlooked hospital asbestos risks Two Lincoln companies have been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos during the refurbishment of a Northamptonshire hospital ward.

Contractors Simons Construction Ltd and Rilmac Insulation Ltd both pleaded guilty to a criminal safety offence, after asbestos insulation boards damaged by unwitting and unprotected workers. The mine, in the Canadian town of Asbestos, was once the world's biggest asbestos mine and was given a rescue package by the Quebec government earlier this year, causing outrage among campaign groups Risks 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.

The union body said the fund announced this week is limited to people who have the cancer mesothelioma but who until now have been unable to claim because their employer no longer exists and the responsible insurer cannot be traced. New scheme excludes half of asbestos victims A new tariff scheme designed to plug a loophole that denies many asbestos victims compensation will not cover half of those affected, a campaign group has warned.

It believes the scheme announced this week by the government falls short because it excludes asbestos disease victims other than those with one cancer, mesothelioma, and says even those who receive payouts will get far less than a court would have awarded where an insurer could be traced. Asbestos job exposed work experience teen A teenager on work experience was part of a construction team exposed to asbestos during a botched removal job at a top public school.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted Sherborne School and Peter Eldridge, the director of the company responsible for the refurbishment project, after an investigation found they had failed to identify and prevent the risk of asbestos exposure at the school. Cleaner killed by asbestos in council flats A cleaner died of cancer as a result of being exposed to asbestos in council flats.

The year-old from Kent, whose name has not been released, was exposed to the dust whilst working as a cleaner for a London council from to Outrage at new asbestos mine in Canada Asbestos victims have joined a global chorus of disapproval at a decision by authorities in Canada to underwrite the development costs of a giant new asbestos mine.

On 29 June, the provincial government in Quebec announced it would provide a multimillion dollar loan guarantee to allow the reopening and expansion of the Jeffrey Asbestos Mine. Asbestos compensation timebomb for academies Academy and free school governors have been warned that they are legally and financially liable for occupational diseases linked to asbestos exposure in their schools.

Director fined after failing to control asbestos A Brighton estate management director has been fined after failing to manage the spread of asbestos during the demolition of a building. The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted Brian Marshall, 44, managing director of Supply on Demand Ltd, for breaching asbestos safety regulations.

The union was speaking out after a school caretaker and member of UNISON died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. The year-old GMB member from Whitchurch, Cardiff, was exposed to asbestos while working as an apprentice plumber for Cardiff Corporation, later known as Cardiff County Council, from to The closure of the Quebec-based Chrysotile Institute has been welcomed by unions and asbestos campaigners.

Firefighter compensated for asbestos cancer A former firefighter who was exposed to asbestos at work and recently developed an incurable cancer has received compensation with help from the Fire Brigades Union FBU. John Stone, 64, was diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma in March 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.

Heart disease risk for asbestos workers Workers exposed to asbestos as part of their job are at a significantly greater risk of heart disease and stroke than the general population, with women more likely to be affected than men, according to new research. Anne-Helen Harding and others. Cardiovascular disease mortality among British asbestos workers —Occupational and Environmental Medicine, published online 2 April Improved asbestos law takes effect In an unrelated move, a new asbestos at work law took effect on 6 April.

Asbestos victory at the Supreme Court A Supreme Court ruling which this week found against insurance companies that had been seeking to deny compensation to the victims of asbestos cancers has been welcomed by unions. Relief at asbestos trigger case victory Relatives and supporters of victims of asbestos cancers have expressed relief at a Supreme Court ruling which ends a six year block on many compensation payouts.

An amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill blocking government plans to force asbestos victims to use some of their damages to pay legal bills succeeded this week in the House of Lords. House of Lords debate14 MarchHansard. Corgi Hosiery Ltd, which makes socks for Prince Charles, hired unqualified contractors to carry out work on the roof of its Ammanford factory.

Washing work clothes killed woman A woman died of asbestos cancer aged 56 as a result of washing her husband's asbestos-covered work clothes for a decade. Jill Bolstridge would shake off the dirt from overalls worn by her husband James — who worked at Derby engineering firm S Robinson and Sons — before putting them in the washing machine.

Big jail terms for asbestos killings Two former executives of a Swiss building products conglomerate have been convicted in Italy of causing the asbestos-related deaths of more than 3, people. The defendants, the former owner of the Eternit conglomerate Stephan Schmidheiny and Belgian baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, a major shareholder in the firm, were each sentenced in Turin to 16 years in prison on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Asbestos killed school worker A school cleaner and caretaker died as a result of exposure to asbestos throughout her career, an inquest has heard. Brenda Ann Butcher, 65, was diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma on 7 March last year and died on 26 April Adjournment debate, 7 February Alert electrician spots asbestos blunder Workers and residents were put at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres until an alert electrician raised the alarm. The Health and Safety Executive HSE told Chippenham Magistrates' Court that DB Construction West Wilts Ltd carried out unsafe work while refurbishing a house in Bradford-on-Avon between 29 November and 10 December News release from Jim Sheridan MP and full report, Asbestos in schools: Dr Janet Napier, deputy coroner for Cheshire, was commenting at the inquest into the death of a former Crewe Works employee, William Martin, who worked at the railway as a fitter and turner between and The departure of Roshi Chadha came days after the organisation had rallied behind the "valued member" of its team, spurring protests from asbestos victims and campaigners around the world.

The year-old Unite member from Liverpool was diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in February The Joint Union Asbestos Committee JUAC is calling on the government to abandon its plans to make the governors of all state-funded schools responsible for the health and safety of their pupils and staff. A phase of the campaign due to start in October was abandoned when the government introduced a blanket freeze on government-funded campaigns.

Ongoing negotiations for a Canada—India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement were revealed by Canada's opposition New Democratic Party. Unite seeks asbestos justice Supreme Court judges have been asked by Unite to end the uncertainty about whether people dying from the asbestos cancer and their families will be entitled to compensation.

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After years, asbestos mining in Canada was suspended in November, but the industry could be revived if the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, secures a loan guarantee from the provincial government to open an underground mine. Home improvement show gives asbestos warning A major Australian TV channel is to broadcast asbestos warnings on a popular home renovation programme, after a high profile union campaign. Cases highlight college asbestos dangers An asbestos related death in a college cleaner, a secretary in a university science department who also succumbed to an asbestos cancer and the prosecution of a university for criminal breaches of asbestos law prove education staff need better protection from the deadly fibre, the union UCU has said.

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Safety cuts 'pose deadly risk in schools' Children and teachers could die because of government cuts that will hamper the identification of asbestos in schools, Unite has warned. Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said the deadly material is still rife and that government plans to slash 35 from Health and Safety Executive budgets will mean even more people are exposed.

Government told to stop asbestos exports Canadian opposition MPs renewed calls for the Canadian government to stop their efforts to block asbestos being listed on the UN's list of hazardous substances, and to help asbestos miners and communities dependent on the substance in their adjustment as that economy ends.

Cleaner killed by killer dust A college cleaner died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at Grimsby College where she worked. Brenda Waddell, 61, developed the disease after being exposed to asbestos at the then Grimsby College, where she worked as a cleaner from to Asbestos deaths claim non-industrial workers As new figures reveal asbestos cancers are claiming a record number of lives, the deaths of a nurse and a police officer from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma indicate how widespread the problem has become.

Lifelong GMB member Arthur Prestidge was 80 when he died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. The year-old Unite member from Liverpool, whose name has not been released, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October Insurance industry slammed The TUC has attacked the insurance industry for trying to stop workers or their dependants from claiming compensation after they are injured or made ill as a result of their employer's negligence.

Bid to cut asbestos compensation fails The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the insurance industry to overturn the right of people in Scotland to claim compensation for pleural plaques. The House of Lords backed a previous attempt by the insurance industry to prevent damages being claimed by victims of pleural plaques but, unlike in England and Wales, the Scottish Government introduced legislation to restore this right on the grounds that pleural plaques could give rise to more serious conditions, like lung cancer, mesothelioma or asbestosis.

STUC names and shames insurance giants The Scottish TUC has named and shamed the five insurance giants who went to the Supreme Court to try to overturn Scottish legislation giving pleural plaques sufferers a right to compensation.

The five culprits have been named as AXA General Insurance Limited, AXA Insurance UK plc, which operates companies like Swiftcover. Secretive PR firm pushes asbestos A major US public relations company is attempting to derail a move to ban asbestos in Malaysia, but has refused to reveal who is funding its activities.

Disassociate yourself from the discredited and deadly propaganda of the asbestos industry, health defenders tell APCO Worldwide. Elizabeth Wolff, 69, from Kilmarnock, lodged a claim for damages after her former construction worker husband William, 66, died from mesothelioma in March Unite gears up for asbestos showdown The union Unite is gearing up for a Supreme Court challenge that could deliver justice for asbestos victims. In December, the union will set out to overturn a Court of Appeal decision, known as the trigger test case.

The year-old Unite member from Birmingham was diagnosed in with mesothelioma, an aggressive and deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Jonathan Arnold, 49, was fitting pipework for a new central heating system at Oxford House, in Combe Down, Bath when he was exposed to high levels of loose-fill blue asbestos, also known as crocidolite. Widow calls for action on asbestos in schools The widow of a teacher who died after working in asbestos-contaminated schools for more than 20 years is to urge the government to save other families from suffering the same fate.

Council fined over school asbestos exposures Birmingham City Council and a Solihull refurbishment company have been fined for exposing three workers to asbestos during work on a school. Solihull Supplies Ltd was contracted by the council to refurbish the reception area at William Cowper Community Primary School, Birmingham, who then sub-contracted another firm to remove ceiling tiles at the school, but failed to carry out a proper risk assessment.

Widow stands firm against government threats An asbestos widow in Canada has been threatened with legal action after using the logo of the ruling Conservative party in an online advert critical of its support for global asbestos trade. Home improvement shows overlook risks TV home improvement programmes should include an on-air warning in each show about the dangers of asbestos, a top Australian union body has said.

Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon said: Prosecutions over asbestos exposure A Norfolk company and a contractor from Manchester have been fined after failing to manage asbestos removal work at a renovation site in Great Yarmouth.

Mohammed Zahid was employed in May by Azam Bros Ltd to clear damage caused by a fire at two commercial units. Unite seeks justice for growing asbestos toll Asbestos disease is affecting growing numbers in the North West, figures from the union Unite suggest.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted the retail giant, Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd and PA Realisations Ltd formerly Pectel Ltd. Unite member John Vaughan was 71 when he died from mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos while working at Aberthaw Power Station, which at the time was run by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB. GMB member Grahame Chiverton from the Isle of Wight died in Augustthree days before his 50th birthday, after a nine month battle with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.

Call for 20 years jail for asbestos magnates A public prosecutor has called for 20 year prison terms for two asbestos magnates charged with a wilful failure to protect worker and the public from the deadly fibre, resulting in thousands of deaths.

Unions call for action to cut asbestos deaths Unions are calling on the government to introduce a requirement on local authorities to give parents and school workers an annual report on the asbestos risk in schools. Unite demands investment in asbestos treatment The union Unite says the UK government must provide funds to investigate effective treatments for mesothelioma, the asbestos related cancer.

Speaking on 1 July, Action Mesothelioma Day, Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail, said: The union was speaking out on 1 July, which is both Canada Day and Action Mesothelioma Day. The warning came on 1 July as hundreds of sufferers of the aggressive and deadly cancer mesothelioma and their families gathered to mark Action Mesothelioma Day.

ILO admonishes Canada on asbestos The Canadian government has been given a sharp warning by the top international standards body about its behaviour on asbestos.

The International Labour Organisation has told Canada to adopt better standards to protect workers' health and to review outdated national laws and regulations on asbestos. Action Mesothelioma Day, 1 July Action Mesothelioma Day is being held on Friday 1 July, with events scheduled countrywide. Details of activities in Chesterfield, Dundee, Merseyside, Leicester, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester and London are already available on the Mesothelioma UK website.

UK will tighten too weak asbestos law The UK version of a European Union-wide law on asbestos safety is to be amended after the European Commission EC ruled it is illegally lax. Court upholds Scots pleural plaques payouts Insurers have lost a legal bid to overturn a law in Scotland giving victims of an asbestos-related condition the right to claim damages. Global union federation BWI, which represents building workers in the asbestos disease frontline, condemned the decision by the Quebec provincial government to support the Jeffrey asbestos mine.

Suspended sentence for asbestos crimes A property developer has received community service and a suspended prison sentence after ordering the unsafe removal of asbestos from a former nightclub in Wrexham. Michael Murton, 35, admitted removing the asbestos from Scott's nightclub, endangering workers and the public. Site firms fined for asbestos exposures A plant hire company and a construction services firm have been fined for exposing employees and members of the public to asbestos at a London block of flats.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive HSE found Mansell Construction Services Ltd and subcontractor Woodlands Plant Hire Ltd failed to properly manage asbestos during a flat refurbishment job in December Asbestos suffers a mortal blow? Suspended sentence for asbestos crimes A site manager has been given a two month suspended sentence and hours of community service for exposing a bricklayer to asbestos.

Henry Bohlen, 63, from Barry, south Wales, directed the bricklayer to demolish a wall that contained asbestos, putting him at serious risk. The Supreme Court this week upheld earlier rulings establishing there was no requirement for a claimant to show a doubling of risk in order to claim asbestos caused their cancer. Seven Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled there was no requirement for a claimant to show a doubling of risk.

The 81 year-old, whose name has not been released and who has the incurable cancer mesothelioma, was exposed to asbestos while working as a chipper and painter for shipyards on the River Tyne, including Redheads Ship Repairers and Tyne Dock Engineering in South Shields.

The announcement comes just days before a scheduled appeal against a decision by the High Court last year, that ruled the company responsible for the death of James Willson from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma should contribute to his hospice care costs. Asbestos law not up to Euro standard The UK version of a European Union-wide law on asbestos safety is illegally lax and must be amended, the government has been told.

Asbestos lobby resorts to threats Shady asbestos industry lobbyists are running a campaign of intimidation targeting key campaigners seeking ban on the deadly fibre. Government enforced asbestos silence will kill Workers will die as a result of the ban on official campaigns introduced by the government, construction union UCATT has warned. End made-in-Canada deaths in Asia Plans to expand asbestos production in Canada will result in an estimated 30, deaths in Asia, public health experts and campaigners have warned.

A spate of protests in Asia, North America and Europe late last year have continued intowith events in India, Korea and Canada highlighting the human consequences of any decision by authorities that would allow an expansion of asbestos mining in the Canadian province of Quebec. John Amos, from Rednal, Birmingham, was diagnosed with the incurable asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma in Mayjust days before he died aged 79 on 22 May Asbestos deaths toll under-estimated The number of deaths related to asbestos exposures worldwide has been dramatically under-estimated, as some major asbestos using nations are failing to report any related cancers, a new study has concluded.

A group of experts from Japan, Taiwan and the UK, writing this month in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, say their analysis supports a worldwide ban on asbestos production and use. Park E-K, Takahashi K, Hoshuyama T, Cheng T-J, Delgermaa V, and others.

Asbestos safety reassurances rubbished A claim by a Canadian minister that a monitoring scheme will ensure safe use of its asbestos exports has been rubbished by campaigners. The exchange is the latest prompted by plans to massively expand asbestos production in the Canadian province of Quebec, a move for which the industry is seeking financial support from the provincial government.

Mother-of-two Debra Stevenson, of Plymouth, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December and died on 5 December A protest will be held outside Canada House at Trafalgar Square, London, on 9 December, to coincide with an Asian delegation to Quebec. It is supported by unions, support groups and the TUC. Madhumita Dutta, from Chennai-based Corporate Accountability Desk, commented: Study confirms asbestos lung cancer risk A study in China has confirmed workers exposed to the only remaining form of asbestos in production are at a greatly increased risk of lung cancer.

Eiji Yano, Xiaorong Wang, Mianzhen Wang, Hong Qiu and Zhiming Wang. Lung cancer mortality from exposure to chrysotile asbestos and smoking: More bad news for the asbestos pushers Campaigners pressing for a global ban on asbestos will have further aggravated asbestos lobbyists this week, with the publication of a full page advert in two major Canadian newspapers condemning asbestos exports and use. The ad, which is signed by prominent experts and campaigners and national and international trade union, safety and medical organisations, has subsequently appeared on websites and social networking sites worldwide.

Asbestos illnesses killing more women There has been an alarming increase in the number of women dying of an asbestos-related cancer, with low level exposures in non-industrial jobs suspected as the cause. Latest official figures show that mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, is the most rapidly increasing cancer in women.

Unite takes asbestos fight to Supreme Court Unite has confirmed it will go to the Supreme Court to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling it says threatens to deprive thousands of asbestos cancer victims and their families of their rightful compensation. TUC concern at asbestos ruling The TUC has expressed grave concern at the continued uncertainty facing people dying from asbestos diseases, following a Court of Appeal ruling on compensation payments.

Three appeal court judges ruled that only some sufferers could recover damages for the fatal harm they sustained as a result of work exposures decades ago.

NUT general secretary Christine Blower said inspectors only visited 42 authorities, adding: The International Labour Organisation ILO this month warned in an official position statement that industry lobbyists pushing asbestos around the world must not claim to have ILO support.

MOD censured for asbestos crimes The Ministry of Defence MOD has received a formal Crown Censure from the Health and Safety Executive HSE after potentially exposing workers to deadly asbestos fibres. The action relates to criminal breaches of safety law however the ministry, as a government body, cannot be prosecuted in the criminal courts.

Asbestos use must stop, confirms ILO Asbestos industry lobbyists pushing the deadly fibre on the developing world must not claim to have the support of the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations body has indicated. Shipbreaker fined over asbestos risks A North Lincolnshire shipbreaking company put its workers and others at risk of exposure to asbestos, a court has heard.

The Health and Safety Executive HSE prosecuted the company after bosses at Greswolde Construction Ltd failed to warn employees the substance was present, despite being in possession of a survey detailing the location of the asbestos.

Trades led to asbestos cancers Two men from the West Midlands developed cancer as a result of exposures to asbestos at work. Iain Shoolbred, a workplace illness expert with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, is representing is appealing to former work colleagues of Ronald Webster and Barry Halford to come forward with information about working practices, which could prove essential to their compensation claims.

Irwin Mitchell Solicitors news releases on the Ronald Webster and Barry Halford cases. A Health and Safety Executive HSE investigation into the possible presence of asbestos and legionella bacteria in four schools in the London borough of Waltham Forest found that the council had no plans to deal with the risk of exposure to pupils.

Pleural plaques payouts scheme kicks off A controversial government compensation scheme to provide lump sum payouts to some people with asbestos-related pleural plaques is now accepting applications.

Joinery job led to asbestos cancer A former joiner has received a payout for an asbestos cancer, despite one of his employers having ceased trading. True cost of asbestos is exposed A global network of lobbying groups is ensuring asbestos, banned or restricted in more than 50 countries, continues to be using in developing nations.

A four-continent investigation by the US-based Center for Public Integrity CPI reports that many scientists fear the continued use of asbestos could significantly prolong a global epidemic of asbestos-related illnesses. Prefab demolition led to asbestos death A man who developed cancer after being exposed to asbestos while demolishing prefabricated houses received a compensation payout just weeks before his death.

John Manniex, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, died of mesothelioma on 1 July. Asbestos epidemic reminder from campaigners More than 60, people in the UK will die in the future having previously been exposed to asbestos leading to a total death toll of 90, by the yearcampaigners have warned.

But they say that despite the magnitude of the epidemic, prevention, research and treatment are all seriously neglected. Asbestos protest, Canada House, London, 1 July Asbestos and safety campaigners are to protest outside Canada House on 1 July. Asbestos protest at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London 10am to 12 noon, 1 July Deathbed reprieve for killer industry? The battle to end Canada's export of deadly asbestos may be about to be lost, a top human rights group has warned.

Kathleen Ruff of the Rideau Institute says: Widow calls for insurance fix An asbestos widow has called on the government to help asbestos victims and their families overcome barriers to obtaining compensation. Mr Squires, died in Octoberaged Double tragedy for asbestos cancer victim An asbestos cancer sufferer whose first wife died from the same disease has received compensation from his former employer. Unite member Roland Lakin, 70, from Chorley in Lancashire was diagnosed with the incurable cancer mesothelioma in July after he nursed his first wife, Thelma, through the disease until she died in Union asbestos register pinpoints exposure A former engineer has spoken of his relief in obtaining compensation after being diagnosed with the incurable asbestos cancer mesothelioma in February Unite member David Marren, 63, became aware of the diseases caused by asbestos when his union launched a National Asbestos Exposure Register.

Mohit Gupta of the Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India says Charest is dismissing Indians as second-class citizens. She said the year-old, who died on 8 April of the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, was exposed to the deadly material when he shattered the ceiling of Sex, the shop he shared with his then partner, designer Vivienne Westwood.

The year-old Unite member, whose name has not been released, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in February More public cash for the asbestos lobby A Canadian government committee has voted to continue funding a body that has spearheaded the global campaign to push deadly asbestos on the developing world. Body repeats call for an asbestos ban Over 10 years after a global society of occupational medicine experts called for a worldwide asbestos ban, it has reiterated its call and said any further delay will carry a high cost in human lives.

The Collegium Ramazzini notes: Government acts on asbestos illness The Ministry of Justice has announced a range of measures to support people who have been exposed to asbestos. The union was speaking out after justice secretary Jack Straw confirmed on 25 February the government would only compensate pleural plaques victims who had lodged a legal case prior to a Law Lords decision to bar compensation.

Flawed evidence denied asbestos victims People killed by asbestos diseases have been wrongly denied compensation because the courts have relied on flawed medical evidence, a landmark case has shown. Shock tactic in New York asbestos protest A New York union branch has found a novel way of highlighting both the dangers of asbestos and also the importance of unionisation in protecting the safety of both workers and the public.

The union has put a coffin outside the offices of a company that is using non-unionised workers to remove asbestos. Compensation after asbestos exposure A former power station worker Clifford King, 85, from Newark in Nottinghamshire has received compensation thanks to his union, Unite, taking up his claim for damages after he was diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. Unions launch asbestos e-campaign Unions in the Philippines have launched an email campaign to press for a ban on all asbestos use.

Unite member Vaughan Toms, 62, was diagnosed with the asbestos cancer mesothelioma in November after complaining about being breathless to his doctor. Union disgust at asbestos law appeal Insurers have appealed against the decision to allow legislation giving victims of an asbestos-related illness in Scotland the right to claim damages. Last week, a judge rejected a bid to invalidate The Damages Asbestos-related Conditions Scotland Act which came into force last year and which allows sufferers of pleural plaques, a usually benign scarring of the lungs, to make compensation claims.

UNISON helped the year-old, identified as Mr Gaffney, to claim the compensation after he was exposed to asbestos while working for the University of Liverpool during the s. Insurers defeated over plaques law Insurance giants have lost a legal bid to overturn a Scottish law which allows victims of an asbestos-related condition to claim damages. Unions and asbestos campaigners welcomed the Court of Session ruling supporting the pleural plaques law that came into force in Scotland last June.

Workers 'robbed of life and compensation' Victims of industrial diseases are being denied their full payments, as benefits are clawed back, according to an article in the Independent.

Official sums wrong on pleural plaques Construction union UCATT has demanded urgent answers after discovering the government's liability for pleural plaques victims is a fraction of what had previously been claimed. Some asbestos diseases are compensated While the insurance industry fights to stop pleural plaques being compensated and the government fights the urge to make a decision, other asbestos related conditions are attracting payouts — thanks to union legal services.

Union casts doubt on official plaques dossier Construction union UCATT has said the author of a key government report recommending that pleural plaques victims should not receive compensation is not an expert in the field and has not met any pleural plaques sufferers. RELATED HAZARDS WEBPAGES Deadly business.