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Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University

How asbestos exposure continues to be a dire health risk – 25 years after it was banned

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Asbestos may have been banned from use in the UK since 1999 but the hazardous material continues to pose a serious danger to the population.

Low levels of asbestos are naturally present in the air, water and soil, which usually doesn’t cause people to become ill. However, regular exposure to asbestos – in the workplace, for example – is a real health risk.

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