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Patients and MPs urge PM to declare ‘long Covid’ an ‘occupational disease’

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Patients and MPs have urged Boris Johnson to declare ‘long Covid’ an ‘occupational disease’ and pay compensation to frontline staff who say they cannot return to work because they have sore feet, weak legs and smell ‘fake’ odours months after being infected with coronavirus.  The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus warned the disease – … Read more

Trendy quartz kitchen and bathroom counter tops ‘fuel resurgence in oldest occupational disease’

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The fashion craze for trendy quartz kitchen and bathroom counter tops is putting workmen at risk of a ‘new asbestos’ disease that can lead to chest infections, heart failure and lung cancer.   Almost 40 per cent of masons who worked on the stone developed lung problems nine years afterwards, even if they had moved jobs, … Read more