The Father of Victim of Asbestos

Article Written By: RobertAsbet

Malcolm McLaren, sixty-four year old, died from mesothelioma lung cancer, a once rare form of the cancer which is becoming ever more prevalent and is associated with exposure to asbestos. McLaren s partner, Young Kim, says that he may have been exposed to the deadly substance when he smashed a hole in his clothes sho in the 1970 s when the dangers of asbestos were not fully recognised. Kim had always suspected that the shop may have posed a hidden danger, and reports that McLaren s son Ben Westwood said his mother had told him she had seen sheets of asbestos in the building. If there had in fact been asbestos in the shop and the fibres had been released, then McLaren would have been exposed to the dangerous particles for many years as he spent a lot of time in the shop.

This is one of many deaths that occur every year from mesothelioma, a condition which unfortunately is on the increase. Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that in 1987 the number of death certificates mentioning mesothelioma was at 814, in 1997 it was 1367, and in 2007 it was 2156.

Ten years on from the ban of asbestos the reality is that many buildings still contain this hazardous substance. One of the most worrying reports is that many school buildings still contain asbestos, an in a recent report by the Asbestos Training and Consultancy Association carried out on sixteen schools in the UK it was found that none of them were meeting health and safety rules on managing the substance. Asbestos consultants have warned that more and more people who are in the teaching professions are contracting mesothelioma, but this is just the tip of the iceberg as children will be exposed to the asbestos too, creating yet more generations who will be affected by this form of lung cancer.

It is vital that asbestos is maintained and managed in a way that keeps it as safe as possible to those who may come into contact with it. Those who manage non-domestic buildings are responsible for their asbestos management, and ensuring risks are kept to an absolute minimum. Asbestos surveys should be carried out on more than one occasion, and any employees or contractors who might come into contact with an asbestos containing material should be made aware of it, by clear labeling.

The death of a celebrity figure like Malcolm McLaren from mesothelioma is a tragedy in itself, but it may go some way to generating awareness of the dangers that asbestos still presents despite the ban.

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