Investigation (Asbestos)
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health says the presence of lethal dust fibres in school buildings is a “national scandal”. In a new report, it warns that 75 per cent of state schools are exposing children, teachers and other staff to the carcinogenic material. Jim Sheridan MP, Chair of the All-Party Group,
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The UK Supreme Court has upheld an historic judgement in which a former pupil took legal action for being exposed to asbestos while at school. Dianne Willmore died aged 49 of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma on October 15, 2009, the day after she heard that the Appeal Court had upheld a High Court judgement on
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The “Hidden Killer” documentary about the levels of asbestos in schools is now available on the Asbestos In Schools website.The story relates not just to Wales but to the whole of the UK and includes interviews with Scottish asbestos expert Robin Howie and with the HSE.Just click the ITV Wales link at http://www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk/npaper%20links/Documentaries.htm
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Fresh fears are raised today about the way schools are protecting teachers and pupils from potentially-deadly exposure to asbestos.The leading authority on asbestos, the Asbestos Training and Consultancy Association, took a snapshot of 16 UK schools and found that none was meeting health and safety rules on managing the substance.It reports: “All of the schools
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Are Welsh schoolchildren and teachers sitting on a health time-bomb?It is a frightening question and one which has been asked increasingly loudly throughout the last few months.The concern relates to asbestos in our school buildings.Between the 1960s and 1980s asbestos was widely used in the construction industry, in particular for roofing, spray coating, pipe-lagging, insulation
Greg Lewis 