The number of cases of a cancer affecting workers exposed to asbestos before the 1980s has yet to reach its peak, senior doctors have warned. Mesothelioma – a malignant tumour of the lung lining – now kills more than 1,800 people in the UK each year. But doctors, writing in the British Medical Journal, said.. read more →

Figures seen by the BBC suggest asbestos is still present in nearly nine out of ten schools in the UK – higher than previous official estimates. It can be managed safely if it is left undisturbed but there have been calls for urgent action to make schools safer. Asbestos was widely used in the building.. read more →

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A Kent construction company and its managing director have been prosecuted after both displayed a ‘shocking disregard’ for workers’ safety at a demolition site in Surrey. The workers at the site were exposed to ‘appalling risks’ of falling from an unprotected roof and from the presence of dangerous asbestos material. Conditions at the site in.. read more →