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20 Oct 2025
A recent article in The Guardian has highlighted concerns over the continuing threat posed by asbestos in the UK’s public and commercial buildings. Despite being banned more than 25 years ago, asbestos remains one of the country’s most serious occupational and environmental health challenges.
20 Oct 2025
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on the UK Government to begin a national programme for the safe removal of asbestos from public buildings.
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17 Sep 2025
The British Safety Council’s Safety Management magazine published an article titled : “Mesothelioma caused by asbestos in UK schools and hospitals: an ongoing risk to public health”. It’s available here, and below is a brief summary of the conclusions.
8 Sep 2025
The UK Health Security agency publishes information on the toxic effects of asbestos. It gives a clear and concise summary of asbestos’s behaviour in the body, the exposure pathways, and the differing impacts based on fibre type.
The full article is here, and below is a concise summary.
27 Aug 2025
The NHS website has essential information on asbestosis, an incurable disease of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos.
15 Jul 2025
The HSE has released the statistics for 2023 which show that there were 2,218 deaths from mesothelioma.
