Tradesmen ignorant over asbestos
Posted by James Mace at 09:55 on 27 Feb 2008
tradesmen, builders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, asbestos, mesothelioma, gas-fitters, tradesmen newsBuilders, gasfitters and other tradesmen have an “alarming” ignorance of the risks posed by asbestos, with 20 dying each week, a report revealed today.
The British Lung Foundation said a survey of 400 workers showed that only one in eight knew that exposure to asbestos could be fatal.
One in 10 of those questioned revealed they had been pressured to continue working even if they suspected that asbestos was present, while one in four mistakenly assumed that some levels of asbestos were safe.
