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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

MPs urge asbestos company to pay £10m to fund cancer research

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The letter to Altrad, parent company of Cape, said the £10m contribution to medical research could ‘go some way to recompense victims of asbestos disease’. Photograph: David Gee/Alamy

MPs and peers have written to one of the biggest manufacturers of asbestos, calling on it to make a £10m donation towards mesothelioma research “for knowingly putting people in danger”.

In a letter to Altrad, parent company of Cape, the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on occupational safety and health says that documents released after a long-running court battle show that Cape historically “provided misleading reassurance about the dangers of asbestos”.

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