Warning over dangers of 'elf 'n' safety' coverage

Writing in the Independent at the weekend, IOSH Chief Executive, Rob Strange, has questioned the way the media portrays health and safety.

In a personal opinion article, Strange claimed a media formula of “exaggeration, half-truth, generalisation and myth-making has created a great British joke, the one about ‘elf n safety gone mad'.”

Citing media coverage, particularly in the Daily Mail, and David Cameron’s speech last December, in which he announced his party&rsquo... (149 more words)

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