Archive for the ‘Government Asbestos News’ Category
Pleural plaques bill passes first hurdle
A bill to change the law so plaque sufferers can receive compensation has passed through the Commons.
Asbestos Risk –A Short History
Asbestos is not a product of modern technology. Yet despite the evidence of severe health risks related to exposure to asbestos dating as far back as the first century, the production of products containing asbestos continued to grow until the mid 1970s, with a lack of understanding and awareness that still has fatal consequences today.
Asbestos Risk – Now and Then!
News that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has just published a revised guidance on managing asbestos risks, entitled ‘Asbestos: The Survey Guide’, aimed at anyone surveying or removing asbestos from business premises, is a reminder of a former lack of asbestos awareness in the workplace, which still causes so many illnesses and fatalities today.
Victory for Scottish Pleural Plaques Sufferers
As we have reported previously following an Act of the Scottish Parliament, victims of pleural plaques where eligible for compensation.
Pleural Plaques Update
MP’s are lobbying the Government to exclude solicitors from any government run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos related pleural plaques.