Asbestos

Over 4,000 people a year are dying from asbestos-related deaths and this figure is due to carry on rising until 2020 at least.
Around a quarter of these deaths are from workers involved in maintenance and building trades.
Exposure to asbestos continues to be the greatest single work-related cause of death in the UK.
It is estimated that from 1900 to 1999 over five million tonnes of raw asbestos fibre was imported into the UK.
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