The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has stepped up its asbestos awareness campaign. So far it has four hundred signatures for its register of teachers who believe they have been exposed to asbestos while at work. The ATL is...

Law Lords in Scotland have ruled that a condition known as pleural plaques, a scarring of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos, is technically not a disease and therefore those suffering from this disorder cannot make claims for compensation.
According to a BBC news story, union leaders â“ who...

Residents in a suburban Philadelphia town were dismayed to learn that they were on the list of the four most-contaminated asbestos sites in the nation.
About 38 acres in Ambler, PA ?“ located just a few miles outside the Philadelphia city limits ?“ was used as an asbestos disposal area for the f...

Mesothelioma is unlike any other cancer.
Mesothelioma is a cancer like no other. Unlike cancers that get more coverage in the media, like leukemia or breast cancer, mesothelioma is a disease that is becoming harder to ignore. Each year, 2,500 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed. Many more die...

An article posted on news.com.au states that Australia is seeing a new wave of asbestos victims…women, particularly younger women.
According to the article, this so-called third wave of asbestos victims includes those women who played around their parents’ feet as walls were to...