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 Committee report highlights health and safety compliance concerns at Palace of Westminster

Wednesday 17th May 2023
Compliance with health and safety protocols, in particular reporting asbestos incidents, remains unsatisfactory, warns a House of Commons committee report published today.
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 Negligence claim over mesothelioma death dismissed

Thursday 2nd March 2023
Defendant found not to have breached duty of care over asbestos exposure in the 1950s.
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 Terminal cancer cases in Grenfell firefighters

Friday 20th January 2023
National media reports have revealed that up to a dozen Grenfell firefighters have been diagnosed with terminal cancer
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 Logistics giant Eddie Stobart’s £133k fine for exposing port staff to asbestos

Friday 2nd December 2022
Eddie Stobart has been fined £133,000 for a number of failures that resulted in staff at its rail and container freight port in Widnes, Cheshire being exposed to asbestos.
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 Beating the heat at work

Tuesday 1st November 2022
With temperatures soaring and extreme weather events on the increase, how should business adapt to climate change in the workplace?
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 Regulator launches asbestos inspection campaign in schools

Monday 5th September 2022
More than three quarters of Britain’s schools contain asbestos – and the HSE is clamping down on them this month.
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 In stats: A global view of cancer

Wednesday 31st August 2022
The WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer’s recent Biennial report 2020-2021 reveals some interesting data on global incidence of the disease...
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 Isle of Man introduces its first asbestos legislation to limit workplace exposure

Thursday 11th August 2022
The Isle of Man government has brought into force the island’s first legal powers to reduce asbestos exposure in the workplace.
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 Government refuses to commit to 40-year deadline to remove all asbestos from non-domestic buildings

Tuesday 26th July 2022
The UK government has rejected the Work and Pensions Committee’s key recommendation that policy makers should commit to removing all asbestos from public buildings within 40 years.
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 Supporting smoke-free work and a sustainable world

Tuesday 31st May 2022
World No Tobacco Day saw thousands of organisations promote smoke-free work and its many benefits across the globe.
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