Polski Dzial Supreme Court brings justice for asbestos victims
Trade Unions have welcomed the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court which will affect many of the 2,500 people who are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year. Mesothelioma is a terminal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma has an unusually long gestation period, which can be in excess of 40 years between exposure […]
Failure to identify asbestos put workers at risk
A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos. Between 15th and 25th January 2010 PHH Environmental (UK) Ltd was commissioned to produce an asbestos survey on the soon to be demolished Old Castle Cinema in Merthyr Tydfil. […]