Law firm highlights rise in asbestos-related deaths

(Liverpool Daily Post)- A MERSEYSIDE law firm is highlighting a rise in the number of people dying from asbestos-related industrial disease both nationally and across the North west.

The latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that, out of the thousands of people dying each year from work-related diseases due to past working conditions, asbestos is the biggest killer.

Out of about 8,000 cancer deaths in Britain each year caused by past exposure to cancer-causing substances, about half of these are asbestos-related, including those from the cancer mesothelioma.

Paul Currie, a specialist in asbestosis claims at EAD Solicitors, said: “The statistics really bring home the ongoing rise in the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma – nationally there were 2,249 deaths caused by mesothelioma in 2008 alone, with 1,865 being among men. The HSE is predicting that this will increase to peak at over 2,000 male deaths around the year 2016. Read more here…