FAQ
Is Asbestos Still a Problem?
Despite the fact that there has been some regulation on the use of asbestos in Britain since 1931, the death toll from asbestos-related diseases has been appalling. Widely divergent predictions have been made for the number of asbestos-related deaths in Britain over the next thirty years, the most conservative of which forecasts a total of 90,000; another claims that a figure of 500,000 will be reached.
Even after a British ban on all types of asbestos was passed in 1999, problems arising from wide-scale asbestos use have not been resolved. Victims in Britain and elsewhere live with the reality which many in the international asbestos industry have sought to deny. The policy of "controlled use" as preached by industry is a fallacy. During the 1990s, the number of younger men dying from one type of asbestos-related cancer more than doubled. Back to FAQ Main Page
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