Posted: May 13, 2014 9:18 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27391955
B.B.C. Article
Schools should not let children touch or try on wartime helmets and gas masks as they may contain asbestos, says updated advice.
Instead they should be double-bagged and destroyed or made safe if they are not clearly shown to be asbestos free, says the Health and Safety Executive.
Teachers are increasingly using wartime artefacts in the run-up to the World War One centenary later this year.
Historians say destroying these relics would be "a disaster".
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says it analysed a number of vintage helmets and gas masks at the request of the Department for Education (DfE).
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