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By: Contributor(s): Series: Estates Gazette ; (0145) 10 November 2001, 132-133(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Asbestos-related deaths total about 3,000 per year and are set to rise to 10,000 by 2020. Outlines the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) new regulations set out in draft Regulation 4, likely to be introduced early in 2002, which will place a requirement on employers and landlords to assess their premises for asbestos, and take measures to reduce or eliminate the risks it presents to people.

Asbestos-related deaths total about 3,000 per year and are set to rise to 10,000 by 2020. Outlines the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) new regulations set out in draft Regulation 4, likely to be introduced early in 2002, which will place a requirement on employers and landlords to assess their premises for asbestos, and take measures to reduce or eliminate the risks it presents to people.