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Merseyside Asbestos Victims Call For Continued Ban On The Importation Of Asbestos

ASBESTOS STILL ALIVE AND KILLING

Victims of asbestos  met in Liverpool at the weekend  to mark the 20th Anniversary of the UK asbestos ban on the same day Parliament decided to delay Brexit.

The Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group (MAVSG) have raised concerns with their Honorary President, Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor for Liverpool that any trade deals post Brexit, may breach current EU legislation banning asbestos in the wake of a deal or no deal outcome of the continuing uncertainty of the Brexit debate.

Rotheram wrote to Andrea Leadson, Business Secretary in August asking for a   “guarantee that any trade deal negotiated with any country, and specifically the USA, does not allow the importation of asbestos, in items containing asbestos – such as automotive parts.”

Leadson replied that the issue had been sent to the post Brexit government department to reply.

John Flanagan, Support Officer for MAVSG said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" I am astonished that the government failed to respond

to the call to stop any asbestos imports into the UK.

I don’t think there is a member of parliament or indeed

anyone  who would want to see this deadly material

re-introduced into the UK and set forth another era of

devastating deaths for future generations which

would follow.”

The meeting called for all political parties to commit to
no more asbestos imports and will be writing to them
in the following weeks.

 

 

 

* Editor's Note: Asbestos was found in children's make-up illegally imported from the USA, and being sold in the UK.

In the USA, current legilsation allows up to 1% asbestos to be used in children's toys!

See this news item from May 2018: Government Watering Down Of Consumer Protection Laws Inadequate As Asbestos In Children’s Products Sold in UK

Source: MAVS

Photo Source: C Ingram (John Flanagan) / Sean Taylor (event)

See also this report of the meeting by the NW BTU H&S Co-ord's Derek Maylor.

 

 

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