Model Letter to MP on AsbestosModel Letter to MP on AsbestosModel Letter to MP on AsbestosModel Letter to MP on AsbestosModel Letter to MP on AsbestosModel Letter to MP on Asbestos This is a model letter to send to your MP/prospective MP to raise concerns about the dangers to pupils and staff from asbestos in schools. You are all encouraged to modify this as appropriate and also use the guidance in the JUAC AiS Election Briefing and the APPG Report Asbestos in Schools : The Need for Action.
A copy of this model letter is available in word is from JUAC@unison.co.uk

JUAC Redacted Notes 16 04 14 (FINAL) These are the redacted Notes of the JUAC meeting that took place on 16 April 2014.

APPG booklet FINAL 17 Mar 14 Asbestos in schoolsThis report published March 2014 from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health,investigates the scale of the issue and makes recommendations about stopping this time bomb in our schools.

Exposure to asbestos fibres can cause both lung cancer and another fatal cancer affecting the lungs called mesothelioma. Even low levels of exposure can cause mesothelioma and every year over 4,000 people die in Britain as a result of past exposure to asbestos. The disease is fatal with most victims dying within 18 months of diagnosis. It often does not appear until around 40 years after the person first breathes in the dust. It is not a problem confined to industrial workers nor is it a problem of the past. More than 75 per cent of Britain’s state schools contain asbestos. Much of this is badly maintained meaning that children and staff are exposed to this killer fibre.