Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge

A nationwide survey of all public buildings is urgently needed amid concerns that growing numbers of teachers, doctors and nurses are dying from asbestos-related diseases, campaigners said yesterday.



Unions and support groups want a national database so that employees and the public can check how much asbestos their workplaces contain.

Their calls come amid growing evidence suggesting asbestos-related diseases, such as incurable mesothelioma lung cancer, are increasingly prevalent among ... (17 more words)

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