The latest Asbestos News & Mesothelioma News articles published daily. Includes news on asbestos and the cancers caused by exposure to it - pleural mesothelioma (lung cancer) pericardial mesothelioma (heart cancer) and peritoneal mesothelioma (abdominal cancer).
Researchers Assessing Health Impacts Of One Of The Nation's Largest Environmental Disasters
03 November 2009
Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, MT, have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune disorders, and causing to...
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Companies Fined After Workers Exposed To Asbestos, UK
29 October 2009
Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres.
The prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) comes just days before the launch of a national £1...
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Two Enfield Firms Fined After Unlicenced Asbestos Removal, UK
08 October 2009
Two companies have been prosecuted after workers and members of the public were exposed to unacceptable levels of asbestos during a removal project.
The Health and Safety Executive took the companies to court, on the 06...
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