Archive for September, 2010
Asbestos Disease In UK Linked To Canadian Imports
There have been recent revelations that between 1968 and 1971, up to an estimated 68 per cent of all asbestos in use was imported from Canada by the UK before it was eventually banned in the late 1970s. This could mean that many of today’s victims of the asbestos-related diseases of mesothelioma and asbestosis had been originally exposed to the deadly Canadian imports.
Asbestos In Schools Latest Survey Row
The presence of asbestos material within the fabric of school buildings, with its long history of asbestos exposure, and deadly legacy of asbestosis or mesothelioma disease, continues to be a source of dispute to this very day, as the methods of the latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) survey are highlighted.
Asbestos Claim Ruling Boost To Hospices.
Latest estimates forecast cases of mesothelioma are likely to peak at around 2,500 a year in the next ten years. It was therefore, landmark news in August, when a high court ruled that an employer responsible for exposing a former worker in the 1950s to asbestos, who later died from contracting the deadly cancer, mesothelioma, should pay the hospice a part of the mesothelioma compensation awarded for the care received.
The family of Mr Faithfull wins £5,500 payout after their sad loss.
Recent mesothelioma figures released by different Health & Safety groups on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) once again point to an upward trend in both mortality rates and asbestosis claim numbers, although estimates differ.