User:Coolguy22468/Asbestos in the United Kingdom

The use of Asbestos in the United Kingdom was completely banned in 1999. Prior to this the use of Asbestos had been in sharp decline. Despite the ban Asbestos many buildings built before the ban still contain Asbestos.

Asbestos Industry
Canadian samples of Asbestos were displayed in London in 1862. In 1871, the Patent Asbestos Manufacturing Company was established in Glasgow, and during the following decades, the Clydebank area of the city became a centre for the nascent industry.

In 1879 Turner Brothers of Rochdale became the first company in the United Kingdom to weave asbestos cloth with power machinery. At the same time Turner Brothers changed its name to Turner Brothers Asbestos Company and became one of the first companies to industrialise Asbestos.

Phaseout and Ban
The health effects of Asbestos exposure were first noted by Dr Montague Murray of Charing Cross Hospital, London. The death of Nellie Kershaw in 1924 was the first recorded death of Asbestosis.