ASBESTOS – COUNCIL
June 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has reversed changes made by the European Parliament to EU asbestos exposure proposals. MEP's had voted that workers be not exposed to an average airborne concentration of more than 0.1 fibres per square centimetre, over four hours. Now the Council has voted that data should be checked over eight hours, making it easier for temporary exposure bursts to be legal. Debates continue.
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has reversed changes made by the European Parliament to EU asbestos exposure proposals. MEP's had voted that workers be not exposed to an average airborne concentration of more than 0.1 fibres per square centimetre, over four hours. Now the Council has voted that data should be checked over eight hours, making it easier for temporary exposure bursts to be legal. Debates continue.
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