Health Crisis at Drax: Power Giant Faces Lawsuits Over Workers Developing Asthma from Wood Dust Exposure
Energy company Drax, which operates the UK’s largest power station and relies entirely on burning imported wood pellets (biomass), is facing multiple lawsuits from current and former employees. Workers claim they developed occupational asthma and other serious respiratory illnesses due to prolonged, inadequate protection against wood dust exposure. An investigation found that ten lawsuits have…