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UK asbestos must go from public buildings within 40 years
21 April 2022
Lawyers welcome calls for asbestos to be removed from schools and public buildingsv, but say 40 years ?too long?

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Leading industrial disease and asbestos illness lawyers have cautiously welcomed MPs calls for a deadline on the removal of asbestos from schools and public buildings but have said that 40 years is too long to put the health of those who work, live and learn in them at risk.
The warning comes after the Work and Pensions Select Committee said asbestos remained the biggest cause of work-related deaths in the UK, with the Health and Safety Executives estimating that asbestos may still be present in 300,000 non-domestic buildings and in many more homes. Whilst both the HSE and government have said that the deadly material should be removed, the committee has revealed that neither had put forward a “clear and comprehensive strategy” for achieving this.
Anthony Waddington, an asbestos illness lawyer at Simpson Millar, said: ?This is a positive step in the right direction, but 40 years is still too long for those who work, live and learn in schools and other public buildings to continue to live under such threat of exposure.
?Over the years we have represented dozens of people who have suffered because of exposure to the deadly material, including people who cam...