The Mining News

South Wales has suffered from the environmental impact of heavy industry since the industrial revolution having the natural resource in coal measures, limestone scarps and plentiful supplies of water to support major steel, copper and tinplate production. These heavy manufacturing industries together with the mining and to a lesser extent quarrying industries have now declined. New and exciting major redevelopment of these brown field sites in the South Wales Valleys, Cardiff, Swansea and Read More This Post ...

It can be argued that Britain is facing an occupational disease epidemic. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive showing that up to 20 per cent of the UK’s biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, are caused by work. In England an estimated 1.9 million people have suffered from an illness that they believe was caused or made worse by their current or past work. Approximately 25 million working days a year are lost, costing the country Read More This Post ...

Once asbestos was found to be heat and fire resistant, it has been widely used. Unfortunately, as we later found, it can cause a myriad of health problems, including cancer.

Asbestos has been in widespread use since the late 1800’s. It is heat and fire resistant, and very versatile, making it very attractive to manufacturers regardless of the long-term health risks. Limitations were placed on the manufacture of new products containing asbestos in the 1980’s but it can still be found in older homes and buildings, older products, and some new products. Symptoms of asbestos related illness often do not show up for 10 to 50 years after exposure, and once they do, illness can progress rapidly.
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