Warning on Britain's biggest workplace killer

摘要

A new generation of workers are at risk unless building trades get to grips with Britain's biggest workplace killer - asbestos, safety campaigners warned today.rnFigures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that around a quarter of the 4000 or so people dying from asbestos-related diseases each year in Britain are tradesmen such as plumbers, joiners or electricians. About twenty lose their lives each week.