Harminder Bains

Asbestos giant tries to silence victims with £3m offer The French company Altrad is offering far less than campaigners want for life-saving treatment — and the cash is conditional on keeping quiet

The Sunday Times reports that construction giant Altrad, parent company of Cape, has tried to silence Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK who asked for £10m towards life-saving research into mesothelioma. @harminderbains.bsky.social represents
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Evidence: Public hearing on legacy of Cape asbestos On Monday 24th March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health held a public hearing.A number of witnesses were called in front of the panel, which consisted of a cross-part...

. @harminderbains.bsky.social told the APPG on Occupation Safety she believed Ran Oren, director of Cape and CEO of Altrad refused to attend the committee because reasons for refusing the donation would not stand up to its scrutiny. Read the full APPG evidence here www.appgosh.org/post/evidenc...

Mesothelioma compensation: It’s not just about money

Professor of Medical Oncology Peter Szlosarek shares why seeking compensation is essential for #mesothelioma sufferers exposed to #asbestos

📽️ Watch the full #MesotheliomaAndMe medical series here: www.leighday.co.uk/our-services...

Assume Nothing - Killer Dust - 1. A Very Strange Event - BBC Sounds A hush-hush factory opening. No photographs allowed. Oaths of secrecy. What's going on?

With decades of experience fighting for justice for those impacted by #asbestos, Leigh Day's @harminderbains.bsky.social is part of a new series aiming to uncover what Cape and other asbestos companies knew about the dangers of this killer dust.

Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #CapeMustPay

How They Made Us Doubt Everything - Talc Tales: 5. Talc on trial - BBC Sounds When we send off make-up for testing, the lab finds an asbestos fibre.

Hannah Fletcher alleged that her deadly cancer was caused by #asbestos in talc and make up. She bravely fought cosmetic companies in New York. Represented by @harminderbains.bsky.social.

Listen to her story on BBC Radio Four tomorrow or via BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Asbestos: a public health catastrophe In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of...

@harminderbains.bsky.social features in
@prospectmagazine.co.uk. The article describes how #mesothelioma is a cruel cancer. @charlottehelen.bsky.social’s father asked for permission to die. Asbestos Forum demands Cape pays £10m for medical research to find a cure #CapeMustPay ow.ly/4AmN50UPphX

🚨 US EMBASSY SPRAYERS NOT GUILTY

Jimmy and Joe, who was arrested and had his home raided yesterday, have been acquitted of criminal damage today after the prosecution failed to provide evidence of damage.

The two sprayed the US embassy in orange paint in November, when Trump won the US election.

Please watch and share widely. It is only by hearing from victims who are dying from #mesothelioma that people will understand the impact of #asbestos, the killer dust.

#MesotheliomaAndMe
#CapeMustPay

Politicians did this.
Billionaires did this.
Fossil fuel executives did this.

While students, grandmothers and doctors are imprisoned in the UK for trying to prevent it.

Fires are raging through California, with tens of thousands of people evacuated.

Homes and livelihoods are being burnt to the ground.

Meanwhile, the UK has imprisoned a family doctor for taking nonviolent civil resistance to protect people from climate breakdown.

How Big Oil Hindered The Fight Against L.A.’s Wildfires California’s oil and gas companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes that could have been used to fight the inferno.

In 2023, ExxonMobil, Chevron, & Shell earned over $83B in profits. They spend millions upon millions lobbying. As #California faces multi-billion dollar budget deficit, & #LAFires burn, it’s time to end industry use of Water’s Edge tax loophole & #MakePollutersPay

Mesothelioma And Me: Spotlighting the dangers of asbestos Mesothelioma And Me: Spotlighting the devastating dangers of asbestos.

Asbestos is the greatest cause of workplace deaths in the UK. Mesothelioma is the deadly cancer which caused the death of my own father. For the last thirty years, I have been representing dying clients in court to obtain compensation. Watch films from clients and renowned medics below: