Mesothelioma News

By Charles Heslett
CHILDREN at a Leeds primary school are sitting on toilet seats made from asbestos.
The revelation came during an inquest into the death of Gordon Gomersall, left, a former teacher from the school, who developed the fatal condition asbestosis – or mesothelioma – last summer.
The cancer is caused by inhaling particles of asbestos which […]

A WIDOW whose husband died of cancer after working in Barrow shipyard and the railways is seeking compensation.
Evelyn Holmes’ husband Leonard died in November 2006 from the asbestos-related condition mesothelioma.
The aggressive and incurable cancer, the only known cause of which is exposure to asbestos, has killed hundreds of former shipyard workers, claiming more lives per […]

Former nurse Margaret Forster devoted 38 years to caring for the sick. Now she fears it will cost her life.
The gran-of-two was given a year to live after being diagnosed with an asbestos-related lung cancer.
Margaret, 68, believes she developed the incurable condition mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos dust at hospitals in Sunderland.
She said: “I […]

A further 45 people have been confirmed with health problems after exposure to asbestos from a former factory site in Ota Ward, Tokyo, the ward office said Saturday.
One man in his 70s died in October of pericardial mesothelioma–a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos–and seven other people developed health problems after inhaling asbestos, […]