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No one knows how many school buildings may contain asbestos, but about 13,000 of the 20,400 primary schools and 3,400 secondaries in Britain were built between 1945 and 1974 when the use of asbestos-containing materials, now banned, was at its height.Michael Lees, whose wife Gina died from If you have the opportunity and funds to sort the problem out you should do so now."A committee chaired by the HSE last year advised teachers to stop displaying pupils' work by putting drawing pins in asbestos insulating board on school walls and ceilings.

The HSE told the Guardian that it was usually safer to manage rather than remove asbestos materials in good condition and unlikely to be disturbed.

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