Asbestos Ban UK

Surprisingly, asbestos wasn’t actually fully banned in the UK until 1999.

Initially, back in 1985, the first asbestos prohibition laws were introduced and the UK banned the import and use of blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos.

It took some years later before the UK government finally banned the use and import of white chrysotile asbestos in 1999.