Public Eye documentary on Westminster Council asbestos report

Title

Public Eye documentary on Westminster Council asbestos report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:16

Description

Doctor Robin Rudd, an expert in asbestos related diseases at the London Chest Hospital, speaking on (or about?) this evening’s BBC Public Eye television documentary which investigated allegations made in a confidential report that Westminister City Council put the health of over 100 homeless families at risk by housing them in tower blocks they knew to contain the material. Rudd says the contamination was worse than any he could recall in residential accommodation. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

BBC?; Robin Rudd

Keywords

Dangerous materials; Reports; BBC; Council housing; Homeless people; Westminster City Council; Television documentaries; Asbestos; Public Eye

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