Cost-cutting and deregulation corresponded with hundreds of health and safety fatalities.
- Chair in Health Effectiveness, University of Stirling
This inquiry must meet high public expectations, demonstrate independence and provide answers to many technical and policy questions – all made more difficult because of past inquiry failures.
British meat processing plants are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, but there’s a shortage of statistics in the public domain.
All asbestos should be removed from all schools.
Some studies have found a link between the long-term use of talcum powder as a feminine hygiene product and an increased risk of ovarian cancer.
WHO has said that processed meats cause cancer. But there are more, less visible carcinogens to worry about
Fracking in the US has relied on chemicals linked to a range of health problems but the industry claims UK operations would be far safer.
Those against shale gas extraction have scored a couple of wins in the north-west of England, but industry-government-researcher collusion may yet win the day.
The Tories stand to save £1bn from shifting responsibility for occupational illness benefits on to employers. But even now, the system is failing.
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