Protection for workers from cancer-causing asbestos fibres will be significantly improved. The occupational exposure limit for asbestos across the EU is to be set at 2,000 fibres/m³ following trialogue negotiations between the European Commission, Council and Parliament on the revision of the Directive on asbestos at work. The new limit is 50 times lower than the current exposure limit of 100,000 fibres/m³, but is subject to a long implementation period: in two years, member states must lower the current exposure limit to 10.000 fibres/m3, in six years, member states will have to reduce the exposure limit to 2.000 fibres/m3.
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