http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ed_howker en http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/asbestos-victims-company http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/asbestos-victims-company Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:49 GMT Ed Howker Asbestos, now banned in the EU, kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK alone. In this exclusive report, Ed Howker reveals how the industry hid the truth for decades and why the death toll will certainly continue to rise.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/schools-today-asbestos-contain http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/schools-today-asbestos-contain Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:49 GMT Ed Howker Concerns about asbestos in schools were first voiced in the 1960s yet 13,000 schools today still contain the substance

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