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Asbestos Awareness In The Home.
One of the questions most frequently asked when asbestos advice is being sought by concerned homeowners is if their particular property is likely to contain the deadly material. According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), around a half of UK households are still likely to have asbestos hidden within the fabric of the building.
Diagnosing mesothelioma at the earliest possible stage is crucial to minimising a patient’s often long and arduous treatment procedure, achieving a successful outcome and extending prognosis with a better quality of life.
Secondary exposure to asbestos, equally a deadly health threat, occurs where a spouse or members of the same family are also at high risk of contracting mesothelioma or other asbestosis diseases because the asbestos fibres have been brought home on boiler suits, work clothes, footwear and even in the hair.
Exposure to asbestos in the UK is mistakenly thought of as a rare occurrence, mostly confined to isolated instances when remains of the material are uncovered in a premises, most frequently when schools, hospitals or department stores are about to be renovated or demolished.
Under Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR) 2006, a duty to manage asbestos is set out for those individuals with responsibility for protecting others who work in non-domestic premises.