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Why are they still waiting?
The sun is shining more often and we are starting to unlock, yet people with asbestosis & pleural thickening are still missing out because of the pandemic. The Department of Work and Pensions is slowly processing their claims for government benefits and compensation but there is still an unacceptable backlog. This is causing delays and…
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MPs Condemn Johnson & Johnson for Continuing to Sell its Baby Powder
Ian Lavery, the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Asbestos has tabled an Early Day motion (No 58341) in Parliament condemning Johnson & Johnson for continuing to sell baby powder found by scientists to be contaminated with asbestos. Please ask your MP to sign it. The background to the Motion Both the US…
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Asbestos Sheets Dumped on Country Roads
Staffordshire County Council has reported an increase in fly tipping on rural roads and lanes during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. This has included sheets of asbestos, which is dangerous to passersby and expensive to remove. The cost is borne by the taxpayer. They are appealing to everyone not to use tradespeople to carry out…
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Birmingham Workers Memorial Day “Remember the Dead and fight for the living” Zoom meeting 12.30pm Wed, 28 April 2021
http://btuc.org/wordpress2 for Zoom link, near the date Speakers, including bereaved relatives: Tracy Edwards, National Health & Safety Officer PCS Su Lowe, Unite the Union, West Mids lead officer for Health Ravi Subramanian, West Mids UNISON Regional Secretary Lee Barron, Midlands TUC Regional Secretary John Blunt, trustee Asbestos Support Central England Kathy Gaffney, Sec West Midlands…
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How to support someone who has an asbestos related disease
Tamron Little is a mesothelioma survivor. She has been living with peritoneal mesothelioma for a number of years. In a new blog post for Asbestos.com she describes several ways in which we can all support people who have an asbestos related disease. Covid-19 has meant that all of us are more isolated from family and…
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Would you like to lose £1,000 because of inaction by the Government?
Of course not! But the Government’s failure to process benefits quickly, coupled with empty promises from ministers, has resulted in just that! One unfortunate person has lost more than £1,000 The delays in awarding governmnt compensation has meant that one person with an asbestos related disease lost more than £1000 of compensation to which he…
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Staffordshire County Councils plans to remove asbestos from schools
In plans being brought to the Cabinet for approval on 17 March, Staffordshire County Council proposes to remove asbestos from more than two dozen schools. This will make those schools safer for both children and staff. Why this is a good thing While some asbestos related diseases only affect people who have prolonged exposure to…
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The Silent Killer: Asbestos in People’s Homes
This week’s ‘Engineering & Technology’ magazine draws attention to a hidden killer, asbestos in the home. The article, by Ben Heubl, warns that DIY isn’t a harmless activity. When was asbestos used in British homes? Asbestos was first used in British homes in about 1870. It was particularly popular from the 1950s to the 1980s,…
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It’s time for action, because actions speak louder than words
Politicians of all stripes sometimes fall victim to the delusion that if they say something will happen the problem has gone away. An old promise We reported at the beginning of December that Justin Tomlinson, the Minister for Disabled People, Health & Work had said the Department of Work and Pensions was resuming their assessment…
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