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Campaign highlights asbestos dangers 131

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The Health and Safety Executive have launched the "Asbestos: The Hidden Killer" campaign after figures reveal that every week 20 tradespeople die from asbestos related diseases.

The campaign will run throughout October and November and it is hoped that it will tackle asbestos related injuries and reduce the rising death rate by educating workers about the dangers of asbestos.

Ian Wright, former footballer and tradesman is standing behind the campaign. He commented "I used to be a plasterer before becoming a professional footballer, and was really surprised to learn that the number of deaths is actually on the increase year on year. If that was footballers dying, the whole of the premiership would be wiped out in just three months."

Steve Coldrick, Director of the HSE's Disease Reduction Programme said "We need to educate tradesmen about how asbestos and its dangers are relevant to them. We want them to change the way they work so that they don't put their lives at risk. The HSE campaign is vital because research shows that only one in ten tradesmen know that exposure to asbestos can prove fatal" says Jill Morrell, Head of Public Affairs at the British Lung Foundation. The asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma is a cruel disease which as yet has no cure. We must do all we can to prevent more people dying from this preventable disease"
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