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Asbestos deaths in schools will grow
HANK ROBERTS warns that new research predicts a catastrophic rise in asbestos-related deaths among former pupils and teachers as school buildings deteriorate, bursting the ‘it’s safe if not disturbed’ myth
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MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
ASBESTOS is the biggest killer industrial disease in Britain. It has the highest rate of mesothelioma deaths in the world. Over 5,000 are killed by asbestos disease every year — equivalent to one Grenfell-sized death toll every five days.
It is incurable. It is a terrible death. A death by slow suffocation due to an ever-increasing shortness of breath. Most victims die within 12 months. Some can linger for longer, just prolonging absolute misery and agony. It normally has a long latency period of between 30 to 50 years. Children are more susceptible than adults.
It was stunning to see on the front page of the Daily Mail (October 21) the headline “‘Tsunami’ of Asbestos Deaths in Schools” and the subheading, “Hundreds of thousands of former pupils and teachers could die, claims shock new report.”
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HANK ROBERTS welcomes news that asbestos has been judged too dangerous to leave in situ in schools and public buildings, and issues a clarion call to readers to help make sure action is actually taken
