Change in law on asbestos cancer claims
Scotsman – CHANGES to the law to help asbestos-related cancer victims claim compensation were expected to be passed by MSPs today. A loophole in the law stemming from a recent House of Lords ruling will be addressed by Holyrood agreeing to adopt Westminster
Source: news.scotsman.com

‘At last’: Banton gets his wish on asbestos cancer drug
Big Pond News – The Federal Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that the asbestos cancer medicine Alimta should be subsidised. Alimta is used to relieve the symptoms of mesothelioma, which is a cancer caused by exposure to
Source: bigpond.com

Memorial to Cape Asbestos victims
Barking and Dagenham Recorder – residents were exposed to potentially deadly fibres before the asbestos factory was closed in 1968. The borough now has one of the highest incidence of asbestos related deaths and the highest number of deaths among women caused by the asbestos cancer
Source: www.bdrecorder.co.uk

Compensation speeded up for asbestos cancer claims
Scotsman – PEOPLE suffering from lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos will receive compensation more quickly under moves introduced by the government yesterday. John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said the system would be speeded up to ensure
Source: news.scotsman.com

Car industry refutes report
Age – Abbott to make amends asbestos drug on benefits scheme Thousands of victims of asbestos cancer will be able to get an expensive palliative care drug at next to no cost by January or even sooner.
Source: www.theage.com.au