A news story from the February 1994 issue of SHP covered the worrying rise of mesothelioma rates in people too young to have been exposed during the 1950s in the asbestos industry.
A professor of cancer epidemiology was carrying out research into the increasing numbers of deaths, and estimated that there would soon be 2,500 to 3,000 deaths a year from mesothelioma. At the time it had been hoped that there would be a peak in the number of deaths from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, due to mandatory protection. However, a much larger number of people had been exposed than had been thought. An ignorance of the problem, coupled with low levels of fines for exposing workers to asbestos, contributed to the increase.
As Professor Peto says in the article, asbestos will soon be, “Far and away the most important occupational cause of cancer.”
This year, it is estimated that 2,500 people will die from the disease in the UK, which has the highest mesothelioma mortality rate in the world.
In this episode of the Safety & Health Podcast, ‘Burnout, stress and being human’, Heather Beach is joined by Stacy Thomson to discuss burnout, perfectionism and how to deal with burnout as an individual, as management and as an organisation.
We provide an insight on how to tackle burnout and why mental health is such a taboo subject, particularly in the workplace.
