English Football Legend Ian Wright Supports Asbestos Warnings
The British Health and Safety Executive recently revealed that every week 20 laborers in the industrial trades die from asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, a fatal cancer of the lung from asbestos exposure.
Ian Wright, once a plasterer himself before he played football for Arsenal, said he was shocked when he learned that so many tradesmen were dying from asbestos exposure in their work. “I was surprised to learn that the number of deaths is actually on the increased every year,” he said. “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 education is essential about how asbestos and its dangers are relevant to workers. “We want them to change the way they work so they don’t put their lives at risk,” he said.
Wright added, “I can really relate to the situations tradesmen find themselves in.”
HSE has launched a major campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos exposure because, although asbestos use has been banned, older buildings built before 2000 can present health risks to plumbers, joiners, electricians and others engaged in remodeling or maintenance.
The asbestos attorneys at Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason urge readers to educate themselves on the dangers of working with asbestos. For more information about mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases visit our web site at www.mesothelioma-attorney.com/mesothelioma.
