Asbestos: three million contaminated homes
According to a study by the Social Union for Housing relayed on Europe1, tenants of three million dwellings are still ...
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Asbestos: the infernal Montparnasse Tower
New twist in the asbestos case at the Tour Montparnasse (Paris). An instruction is opened for “endangering the life of ...
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Asbestos: two out of three exposed plumbers do not protect themselves
One in three plumbers is exposed to asbestos. According to a survey by the National Research and Security Institute, most ...
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Lung cancer: 6 out of 10 artisans exposed to asbestos
The use of asbestos has been banned in France since 1997. But according to the WHO, more than 107,000 people ...
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“France does not want a criminal trial for public health matters”.
Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy, a specialist in public health matters such as asbestos, hepatitis B or contaminated blood, is a victim ...
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Ovarian cancer: the responsible asbestos
The ovarian cancer of a former employee of a boiler manufacturing company has been recognized as an occupational disease linked ...
Read moreAsbestos: ovarian cancer recognized as an occupational disease
The ovarian cancer of a former employee of a boiler manufacturing company has been recognized as an occupational disease linked ...
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Asbestos victims regain hope
Four years of instruction and exemplary sentences in the asbestos case, the Italian justice delivered a historic verdict. For 16 ...
Read moreAsbestos: all concerned
Even passive exposure to asbestos is dangerous. This situation is all the more worrying since there is no census of ...
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