Eight members of an unnamed criminal gang were arrested for illegal asbestos disposal County Durham, England, Mesothelioma reports.
Area law enforcement officials conducted raids on several homes and businesses in the area and confiscated numerous vehicles, including a backhoe and an…
An inquest at the Hatfield Coroner’s Court in Hertfordshire, England, heard that retired watchmaker Colin A’Len, of Belsize, Hertfordshire, died due to workplace exposure to asbestos, The Gazette reports.
The inquest heard that Mr. A’Len had been a loader with Cape…
David Eaves’ widow, Dinah Eaves, received GBP17,000 from the United Kingdom Government’s Pneumoconiosis Workers Compensation Act fund, instead of a potential GBP200,000 asbestos-related payout, the Bristol Evening Post reports.
For 44 years, Mr. Eaves worked for the Bedminster, Bristol, England-based firm,…
An inquest found that the death of 71-year-old Neville Beck, a former Ratton School teacher, was linked to exposure to asbestos at the school, which is located in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, the Eastbourne Herald Gazette reports.
Mr. Beck, who was…