Life & Society: Health
Lead Feature
Asbestos: The lies that killed
Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise
In health
Dem bones, dem bones
- By Fisun Güner
- 28 August
The latest display at the excellent Wellcome Collection is a haunting hotch-potch of skeletons
The myth of private sector efficiency
- By Peter Wilby
- 21 August
When it comes to health and social care, in-house staff still do it better
Vivisection's missing millions
- By Wendy Higgins
- 14 August
As many as 150 million animals could be used in laboratory experiments each year around the globe, according to the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research and the BUAV
England's ageing population
- By Ivan Lewis
- 13 August
The challenge we face is to decide where responsibility for care and support will lie in the future between the government, families and the individual, writes minister Ivan Lewis
Trinny and Susannah fats your lot
- By Ben Davies
- 13 August
Thought the freak show was a thing of the past? Well check out the programmes that make the overweight undress for your entertainment. Or rather don't bother...
Feature
How ministers ignored the 'time bomb' in the classroom
Concerns about asbestos in schools were first voiced in the 1960s yet 13,000 schools today still contain the substance
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