It can’t be smelled, tasted, seen or touched but less than 2% of carbon monoxide (CO) in the air can kill in one to three minutes, barrister and campaigner Stephanie Trotter writes in this week’s NLJ.
For lawyers, there are obstacles to bringing a claim, in terms of establishing proof and causation as well as funding the claim. Health and Safety Commission investigations focus on breach of statutory duties rather than negligence. Trotter recommends reform to combat this devastating poison. About three million people in the UK could be being exposed to CO right now.
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