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ERADICATE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE

Gbemi Agbaje

Despites strict rules and guidelines of The Health and Safety Executive in the UK  ,it is disheartening to find that people are still exposed to asbestos in their lines of work.

The long term effects show up long after one may have retired and no longer enjoys the perks of in-employment benefits and they suffer from the effects of exposure to asbestos with debilitating and terminal diseases such as cancer,

How much progress has been made in protecting people from exposure to asbestos?

Why are there still tenders advertised for removal of asbestos by hired staff?

Would automation and AI be useful tools in projects where asbestos is involved?

It is high time that we eradicate contact with asbestos by persons during all stages of engineering projects .

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  • In 1969 while working in a chemical works I was working on top of a steel boiler vessel we had just installed and my foreman nodded toward two laggers working on the steam pipes and said " they will never see 40".  I asked him what he meant and he replied that the asbestos in the lagging would kill them by the time they were 40. 

    I always wondered why it was another 10 years before it was banned. I also wonder how much I have been exposed to over the years so far without any adverse effects.

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  • In 1969 while working in a chemical works I was working on top of a steel boiler vessel we had just installed and my foreman nodded toward two laggers working on the steam pipes and said " they will never see 40".  I asked him what he meant and he replied that the asbestos in the lagging would kill them by the time they were 40. 

    I always wondered why it was another 10 years before it was banned. I also wonder how much I have been exposed to over the years so far without any adverse effects.

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