Implementation of regulations and promotion of standards for protective measures in the absence of statutory regulations.

Asbestos regulations in the UK and several other countries are described, and it is suggested that these could be used as a basis for similar regulations in other countries which do not yet have them. Those aspects of the UK regulations which make them particularly applicable to all occupational situations in which asbestos dust might be emitted are listed. As a result of such regulations, standards of control have improved; two examples are given.