Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer linked to asbestos, but a trial hopes to prolong patient lives.

As many as 10,000 UK school teachers, pupils and school staff have died of lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure in school buildings in the past 40 years, according to an investigation by the Sunday ...

DEADLY asbestos has been found in even more sand-filled children’s toys after a string of product recalls in the UK. Parents ...

Asbestos removal is one of those jobs where cutting corners doesn't just cost you money. It can cost you your health, your ...

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) are hosting the Asbestos 2026 Conference, taking place on 29–30 April 2026 in Birmingham.

The UK Labour government’s first budget since coming to office in July does nothing to reverse the cuts to education since 2010 or make schools safe. The UK school estate is in a dangerous, ...

A woman who died in Peterborough from a type of cancer linked to asbestos exposure may have been exposed to the deadly fibres through talcum power.

The legacy of asbestos exposure is a source of heartbreak for many in the South West. Workers from Swindon are being remembered as part of a wider call to acknowledge the toll of industrial asbestos ...

A University of Adelaide and Oxford University study has discovered asbestos exposure led to a higher incidence of asbestos-related lung cancers in British and Australian naval personnel than in other ...

The family of a Huddersfield grandfather are urging his former colleagues to come forward after he died from asbestos ...

The discovery of asbestos in some handfuls of mulch a child took from a playground in Sydney has caused a scare in the Australian city. With separate concern over asbestos in ageing pipes that provide ...