by Russell Worth | Feb 28, 2017 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, occupational cancers
What is asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways and makes breathing difficult, or in some cases almost impossible. The disease causes an inflammation of the airways which lead to and from the lungs carrying oxygen to the body; if these are...
by Russell Worth | Feb 28, 2017 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, occupational cancers
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that attacks the linings of the body’s organs; primarily the lungs, but it is also known to attack the lining of the stomach, heart or even testicles. In many, if not most cases, the condition is related to exposure to asbestos. Every...
by Russell Worth | Feb 14, 2017 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, occupational cancers
If you go to your doctor with a slight cough and breathlessness, you might well expect to come out with a prescription for some medicine and a sick-note for a few days off work while it gets better. However if you have been exposed to asbestos at any point in your...
by Russell Worth | Feb 7, 2017 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, occupational cancers, Sunbed Negligence
At this time of year the risks from exposure to the sun’s rays might seem like a rather distant threat, but for those who spend large periods of their working lives outside, it is very real, and something that must be taken seriously. It has become common knowledge...
by Russell Worth | Jan 24, 2017 | Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, occupational cancers
Humans have used asbestos for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Records of asbestos mines in Roman times show that man had discovered its many positive properties and attributes a very long time before its dangerous potential side effects were noticed. In the time...
by Russell Worth | Aug 2, 2016 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, occupational cancers
A school trust in Essex has been fined for poorly-planned and managed refurbishment and maintenance after staff and others were exposed to potentially harmful asbestos during the conversion of one of their buildings. Managers at The Boswells School in Chelmsford had...
