Asbestos. Time to grasp the nettle
Asbestos. Time to grasp the nettle
http://strongerunions.org/2015/10/16/asbestos-time-to-grasp-the-nettle/
It is said that if you say something often enough and loud enough everyone believes it is true regardless of the facts. This is the case with asbestos.
We have been told for decades that the safest way of managing asbestos in the workplace is to leave it where it is if it is undamaged. Yet is this true?
There are still millions of tonnes of this killer fibre in place and at least half a million workplaces contain some form of asbestos. In many cases it is not marked.
This means that a huge number of workers are still being exposed inadvertently. A report from the HSE estimated that 1.3 million tradespeople are at risk of exposure and they could come into contact with asbestos, on average, more than 100 times a year. There have been a number of high profile prosecutions for exposure, but these are only the tip of the iceberg.