http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php Type description here... en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:23:20 +0000 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:23:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss www.ezgenerator.com http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1256567700 Coming Soon: Asbestos - The Hidden Killer &nbsp; Campaign re-launch 2 November 2009 &nbsp; Asbestos-related ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1256567700&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1256567700 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:23:20 +0000 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1233405900 &nbsp; A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector has said he is “devastated” that a heating firm responsible for negligently exposing workers to asbestos for several ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1233405900&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1233405900 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:12:50 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235830500 &nbsp; The government must invest millions in research to combat a devastating asbestos related disease, campaigners have said. Mesothelioma is currently incurable and is ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235830500&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235830500 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:12:00 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1218978000 The Asbestos Group&nbsp; are pleased to announce that we have achieved full accreditation for ISO 9001/UKAS Quality Management! &#60;SPAN ...<br clear="all"> General http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1218978000&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1218978000 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:07:40 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1243079700 &nbsp; A petition with over 24,000 signatures has been handed into 10 Downing Street calling on the government to fund a National Centre for Asbestos Related Disease (NCARD). Campaigners are fighting for a virtual centre to help fund research into asbestos related diseases including ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1243079700&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1243079700 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:54:15 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1242476400 &nbsp; Teaching unions have renewed their call on the government to remove asbestos from schools when they are refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future programme. The call came in private meeting with Gordon Brown this week. <br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1242476400&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1242476400 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:53:13 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1241261700 &nbsp; Unions have welcomed the fact a Private Members Bill, which is seeking justice for pleural plaques sufferers, has cleared its first Commons hurdle. <br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1241261700&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1241261700 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:52:11 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240658400 &nbsp; A hospital doctor believes he may be the latest victim of an asbestos cancer. James Partridge, writing in the Guardian, commented: “I was a doctor for 40 years - it was an interesting and rewarding occupation, and it never crossed my mind that while I was making people better, ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240658400&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240658400 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:51:24 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240057500 &nbsp; Staff at a Telford firm were ordered by their boss to rip out asbestos with a crowbar and clean up with a vacuum cleaner. Roger Lavender, 37, the managing director of Secal Laser Ltd, was fined £6,666 and ordered to pay £11,039.88 in court costs and a £15 surcharge after admitting ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240057500&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1240057500 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:50:26 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1238848800 &nbsp; The widow of a senior teacher who died after exposure to asbestos in school science labs has been awarded £290,000 in compensation. The former chemistry teacher, who taught at the same school in East Sussex for 34 years, died from mesothelioma in September 2007, aged 61, just ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1238848800&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1238848800 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:49:11 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1237639200 &nbsp; Nearly nine in 10 schools contain deadly asbestos, the Daily Mirror has claimed. The paper’s charge is based on results from freedom of information requests made to local authorities across the UK. <br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1237639200&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1237639200 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:48:20 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1236435300 &nbsp; One in 10 UK carpenters born in the 1940s will die of asbestos-related lung cancer or mesothelioma, researchers have predicted. The researchers calculated that men born in the 1940s who worked as carpenters for more than 10 years before they reached 30 have a lifetime risk for ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1236435300&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1236435300 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:47:17 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235218200 &nbsp; Workers with asbestos related diseases caused by their jobs at Turner and Newall (T&amp;N) – once the world’s biggest asbestos firm - will be allowed to keep government compensation alongside that reduced payouts from the company, the government has said. Workers had been subject ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235218200&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1235218200 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:44:38 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1231586400 &nbsp; Two former Liverpool dockworkers have won compensation from the government for asbestos-related diseases contracted under the auspices of the then National Dock Labour Board (NDLB). <br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1231586400&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1231586400 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:41:25 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1229778300 &nbsp; A construction union is urging the government to act promptly to sort out compensation for the victims of an asbestos related condition. UCATT says it is concerned at the Ministry of Justice’s failure to take action on pleural plaques, a scarring of the lungs caused by exposure ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1229778300&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1229778300 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:40:18 +0100 http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1226750700 &nbsp; The widow of a former electrician has been awarded £172,000 in compensation after her husband died of an asbestos related cancer. The former electrician, whose identity has not been disclosed, was exposed to asbestos while working for Greater London Council (GLC) and the Inner ...<br clear="all"> Asbestos News http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1226750700&comments=comments http://www.theasbestosgroup.co.uk/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1226750700 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:38:36 +0100