{"id":70444,"date":"2026-04-24T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=70444"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:40:29","slug":"local-research-centre-investigates-asbestos-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/local-research-centre-investigates-asbestos-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Local research centre investigates asbestos in schools\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sheffield based research centre has started a project that looks into asbestos in schools and how that affects school-based education workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesothelioma is a rare and often incurable cancer that develops on the lungs or other internal organs usually due to asbestos exposure. Around 60% of people diagnosed with mesothelioma die within the first year and the cancer affects 2,600 people yearly and causes 2,268 deaths a year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 80% of state school buildings have asbestos and roughly 75% of schools in the UK still contain asbestos. Experts have warned in some areas that the percentage is up to 90% which is a huge health concern.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peggy Walker who is a member of the panel for Mesothelioma UK Research Centre and joined after losing her mum from mesothelioma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local research centre investigates asbestos in schools\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HkGcNg5eY4c?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield based research centre is looking into asbestos in schools in order to tackle a rare, incurable cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":769,"featured_media":70450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21,103],"tags":[2165,785,12,113,38,131],"class_list":["post-70444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news","category-watch","tag-asbestos","tag-cancer","tag-education","tag-school","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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