Archive for the ‘Asbestos in the Press’ Category
Cancelled Schools Scheme Increases Asbestos Risk
An unforeseen consequence of the recent coalition government cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF) is the increased asbestos exposure risk to pupils and teaching staff at many current school buildings built before 1970.
Around 100,000 workers die each year from asbestos-related disease. As the world’s top asbestos producer, Russia, with its strong government backing, vies with China and India to be the chief cause of future global epidemics of asbestosis and mesothelioma.
The battle lines have been drawn up for quite some time now, whenever the issue of white asbestos rears its undoubtedly, contentious head! And that’s despite the many years of developing public asbestos awareness and putting much needed preventative and asbestos disposal legislation into place.
No Great Escape From Mesothelioma For McQueen
The long latency periods – of up to 40 years or more – which occurs from first exposure to asbestos to the appearance of asbestosis symptoms, are well known. Victims can come from all walks of life, beyond the traditional asbestos manufacturing or handling workplace environments.
Calling For A Global Ban of Asbestos
The call by many concerned health, legal and asbestos rights groups for a total global ban of asbestos is certainly not new but is getting more pronounced as each new set of statistics is released, which show the persistence of asbestos-related diseases such as abestosis.