Professional Asbestos Removal Services and your Family’s Health Asbestos has been known to consist of small fibres that are invisible to the naked eye. These fibres are harmful for you and your family’s health and safety. Many diseases, including the dangerous lung disorder Mesothelioma, can result from continuous exposure to these fibres over time. You…
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What Should you know About Secondary Asbestos Exposure?

Occupational asbestos exposure is responsible for serious lung diseases. Various studies have found a clear link between lung cancer and asbestos exposure at the work site. Exposure to asbestos at the workplace is an example of primary asbestos exposure. In some cases, family members can be exposed to asbestos when an asbestos-containing material has been…
Occupational Asbestos Exposure: What you Should Know?

Asbestos is highly resistant to fire, heat, and harsh chemicals. The material was used in a variety of building materials including roof sheets, cement pipe, floor tile, wall coverings, and many other products. Once called the ‘miracle mineral’, it is now known that exposure to asbestos leads to mesothelioma, asbestosis, and fatal lung cancer. Occupational…
How to File an Asbestos Exposure Claim?

Asbestos exposure was first recognised as an occupational hazard in the UK in the mid-1980s. Since then various claims have been filed by employees against companies for not putting appropriate safety measures at the workplace to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres. Since it takes decades to know about asbestos exposure, it is unlikely that the…
What you Should Know About Mesothelioma Act 2014

Asbestos is classified as category 1 cancer causing substance. Around 5,000 deaths occur every year due to asbestos exposure in the UK. In order to help victims of asbestos related-disease, the government passed the Mesothelioma Act in 2014. Here we will take a look at some of the important provisions of the act, and also…