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by Our Industrial Reporter @TrinderMatt
TORY leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were urged to end the “national shame” of asbestos-related deaths today.
The British Occupational Hygiene Society urged the winner of the race to be Britain’s next prime minister to “commit to a proper national plan” to combat the more than 5,000 fatalities linked with exposure to the toxic substance each year.
The demand, backed by the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management, comes after multiple calls from the TUC for asbestos to be eradicated from the thousands of schools, hospitals and offices where it is still present.
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