Figures produced by the Joint Union Asbestos Committee estimate a staggering number of deaths have been caused by the toxic material between 1980 and 2017.
While evidence grows about the impact of asbestos exposure on teachers and other school workers, the risk to schoolchildren remains worryingly under-reported and under-researched.
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