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Government Urges Early Action to Manage Asbestos


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25 Feb 2003 3:42PM

Health and Safety Minister Nick Brown yesterday urged owners and
occupiers of commercial and public buildings in Britain to act quickly to stop people dying from asbestos-related diseases. The Minister was speaking in London at a HSE conference to encourage people to comply with the new duty to manage asbestos regulation, which comes into force on 21 May 2004.

Bill Macdonald, head of HSE's asbestos policy unit, added: "Many
organisations are becoming aware, often for the first time, of the
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