I have been following with interest reports of a major breakthrough in establishing links between Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Parkinson’s disease. Scientists from America and Europe found in a study that individuals who had been exposed to the industrial solvent were six times more likely to develop Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s disease can lead to a person suffering [...]

Great to see the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launching their ‘Hidden Killer’ campaign aimed at promoting awareness of asbestos. Far from being an historical problem around 4000 people die each year in the UK from an asbestosrelated disease. Mesothelioma lung cancer asbestosis and pleural thickening are the four main killers diseases which can be [...]

When perusing the property pages recently I stumbled across a Guardian article on asbestos. The dangers of this building material are well publicised risk of contracting lung cancer mesothelioma and asbestosis increase with even low level exposure but what might surprise you is that the substance remains in roughly 50% of all residential buildings in [...]

Fantastic to see justice has been secured for the families of two individuals who suffered asbestosrelated deaths.  Enid Costello came into contact with asbestos in the office where she worked while Diane Willmore was exposed to the dangerous building material as a schoolchild. Both died from mesothelioma a formerly rare cancer that takes around 30 [...]

We are currently representing a gentleman who is suffering from noise induced hearing as a result of his employment with telecom giants BT. Our client worked as a below ground engineer in Bristol and used a tone set or oscillator (a device which creates ‘bleeps’ or ‘pulses’ to test lines) throughout his employment with the [...]