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Mind the dust: Asbestos disease and the London Underground
Our investigation shows former London Underground workers are being diagnosed with deadly diseases, yet asbestos remains a significant problem for workers today, according to whistleblower Micky Steeds and former technical inspector Patrick Lonergan.
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Confront Series One: Asbestos. Investigating the asbestos industry and its harms.
Introducing series one of Confront: Asbestos. Original journalism exploring the harms of the asbestos industry on communities worldwide.
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Negligible compensation for Turner & Newall’s asbestos-exposed African workforce
A trust compensating people who contracted asbestos diseases from British company Turner & Newall has seen few claimants from Africa, despite the company’s significant presence in the region.
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Asbestos dumps, toxic dust, and broken promises in Zimbabwe
People in Zimbabwe’s former asbestos mining towns are at risk of developing asbestos diseases from millions of tonnes of abandoned asbestos waste.
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University of Manchester to pay settlement to former worker diagnosed with mesothelioma
Another ex-worker at the University of Manchester has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, with the university settling the claim for £400,000.
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Transport for London denies Station Manager’s asbestos exposure
A recent case of asbestos-linked cancer in a man who worked in the London Underground raises questions about what happens to those who might contract asbestos diseases at work.
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Urgent action needed to protect people from Eswatini’s asbestos contamination, say civil society groups
As the town of Bulembu grapples with the impact of living alongside millions of tons of asbestos waste, civil society groups call for residents to be involved in what happens next.
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Understanding the UK’s asbestos disaster
Profit-hungry industry, complicit governments, and overly bureaucratic unions. Tom White, author of Bad Dust, provides his insights into the UK’s asbestos disaster and why the issues with asbestos refuse to go away today.
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Serious asbestos management failings at Oxford University, documents reveal
The University of Oxford was ordered to release documents on its asbestos management, which showed the university was in breach of regulations designed to protect people from potentially fatal asbestos exposure.
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Corporate cover-ups of asbestos dangers: what decades of litigation have revealed
Documents discovered during legal cases in the USA show that for decades, major companies covered up the dangers of asbestos. Barry Castleman explains some of the key findings.
