Posted By Lilian McCartney Sorry, don't know but perhaps EMAS might help? Lilian

Posted By B Smart Hi S. Alder, try and track down some of the following: RR 438 Research Report 438: Routes of Referral for Occupational Asthma - A National Study INDG 95 (Rev 2) Respiratory Sensitisers and COSHH - Breathe Freely - An Employers' Leaflet on Preventing Occupational Asthma INDG 172 Breathe Freely - A Workers' Information Card on Occupational Asthma RR 164 Research Report 164: Questionnaire Predictors of Asthma and Occupational Asthma ACTS/05/2003 Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances - Tackling Occupational Asthma MS 25 Medical Guidance Note 25: Medical Aspects of Occupational Asthma (Second Edition) HS 053 Asthma at Work - Causes, Effects and What to Do About Them L 55 Preventing Asthma at Work - How to Control Respiratory Sensitisers G 402 Control Guidance Sheet - Health Surveillance for Occupational Asthma - Special RR 474 Research Report 474: The True Cost of Occupational Asthma in Great Britain Occupational Asthma - A Guide for Employers, Workers and Their Representatives Hope this helps in some way B Smart

Posted By John Murgatroyd Depending on who you consult, it's from 650 to 700,000. The figures for total occupational respiratory complaints is higher. http://www.hse.gov.uk/st...stics/causdis/asthma.htm http://www.hazards.org/disease/ http://www.gftu.org.uk/html/asthma_1.html http://www.gftu.org.uk/html/asthma_2.html ASTHMA STATISTICS • There are 5.1 million people in the UK with asthma. • Over 18m working days are lost to asthma each year. • Asthma now costs the NHS an average of £850m per year. • There are 1,400 deaths each year related to asthma; 90% of these deaths could have been prevented. • For most people their asthma is not caused by work, but there can be things at work that make it worse, even to the point of triggering an asthma attack. • Occupational Asthma is caused by exposure to substances at work. Unlike pre-existing asthma, occupational asthma can be cured if it is identified quickly enough. ******All URLs' are available on the web. John Murgatroyd has no deliberate intent to infringe anyones copyright by including these URLs' on this page. If the site moderators are IN ANY WAY concerned at the inclusion of these URLs' or ANY OTHER information or text would they please remove the offending article/s****** ******Some of the information in these URLs' is from site/s belonging to, or affiliated to, trade unions. If this offends you please disregard the information******