Schools cuts leave asbestos timebomb ticking

Posted on July 9, 2010 with 1 Comment

The Mirrors Asbestos Campaign has reproted this is devoted primary school teacher Gina Lees who was killed by an asbestos-related lung cancer after sticking her pupils’ pictures to asbestos ceiling tiles.

And there may be more like her after the ConDems’ decision this week to axe more than 700 school building and repair projects.

We’ve revealed that 90% of schools still contain the deadly fibres.

And they’ll stay there, slowly decaying as ceiling tiles and notice boards fall apart.

The timing is particularly dreadful for the family of Dianne Willmore who died last year aged 49 after being exposed to asbestos while studying at the Bowring School in Liverpool in the 70s.

She had been awarded £240,000 compensation but only last month the case was referred to the Supreme Court and the money could be snatched away from her family.

We don’t believe Old Etonion Right Honourable Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James, who is in charge of state school spending for the ConDems, cares that much about classrooms in bog standard comprehensives.

But perhaps he’ll prove us wrong – he can do that by ordering the creation of a register of asbestos surveys in all public buildings, including schools. That way, at least we’ll know where the dangers lie.

MIRROR’S FIVE DEMANDS

1 A National Centre for Asbestos Disease Research.

2. Compensation for victims of “pleural plaques” – scars on the lungs caused by asbestos.

3. An Employers’ Liability Insurance scheme to compensate sufferers of asbestos-related diseases even if their old employers and their insurers cannot now be traced.

4. A public register of all asbestos surveys on public buildings.

5. Proper funding for the Health and Safety Executive to carry out inspections.

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