Tag: asbestos
Who is liable for the billions in damages caused by PFAS chemicals? – Business
The once popular fire-retardant material asbestos causes lung cancer. A sick worker, the Englishwoman Nellie Kershaw, filed the first claim for damages against her employer 100 years ago. She died…
Justice rejects requests from ex-Alstom employees
The plaintiffs expected a lot from this ruling on Thursday. But the Besançon administrative court considered their request differently and rejected all the requests filed by former employees of the…
Laryngeal and ovarian cancers caused by asbestos recognized as occupational diseases
Laryngeal and ovarian cancers, caused as a result of “inhalation of asbestos dust”, are recognized as occupational diseases, which will allow patients to be better compensated, according to a decree…
After the fire in two buildings containing asbestos, a school closed “until further notice”
The precautionary principle is required in Rouen. The town hall announced on Saturday evening that a school, located in the perimeter around two buildings containing asbestos which collapsed after a…
Wave of asbestos diseases looms | tagesschau.de
Status: 08/11/2023 09:20 a.m Millions of tons of asbestos are in Germany’s buildings. They could now be released through the conversion of cities and energy-related renovations. A health risk, warns…
Renovations: construction union raises asbestos alarm
Millions of tons of the harmful mineral fiber are still used in residential buildings. Many of them will soon have to be renovated. For do-it-yourselfers and professionals alike, this poses…
The town hall launches an action plan against asbestos and publishes the available data
A steering committee and data in open data: this is what the Paris City Hall promises, two weeks after the revelation to the public of an investigation by the Vert…
70% of public schools contain asbestos
It is a long-term investigation carried out by the Vert de Rage collective, for nearly eight months. The scientific investigation program on France 5, which has already released startling figures…
Imprisonment required against a former city official in the asbestos trial at La Criée
A year in prison was required on Wednesday in Marseille against a former head of the city department for having transmitted an asbestos diagnosis two years late, contributing to the…
How the city took two years late to take up the asbestos file at La Criée
“Here, we were forgotten for two years. Maintenance agent at the national theater of La Criée, CGT union delegate and suffering from lung cancer due to asbestos, Tony Moulon made…