A group of MPs has attacked the ongoing problem of asbestos in UK schools as a “national scandal" and urged the government to take action.
A report on asbestos by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety warned the government that action needs to be taken with more than 75 per cent of British schools still containing the deadly substance. The report labels the situations as a “timebomb".
More than 140 teachers in the UK have died from asbestos-related diseases, including the cancer mesothelioma, in the past 10 years, the report says.
However, it adds that an unknown number of cleaners, administration staff and caretakers have also died.
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