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Originally Posted by ianch99
Your phrase " EU health and safety rules dictate that ear defenders can be used only as a last resort in the workplace" is quoted from a Daily Mail article.
Taking your "facts" from the Daily Mail is a risky approach but this topic is a good example of how the anti-EU hysteria is propagated.
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And anti health and safety hysteria as well! The suggestions that PPE should only be used as a last resort is there as clear as day on the HSE web site (
link) Can't see anything similar in
Directive 2003/10/EC
The HSE and BAuA (germany) pretty much set the health and safety agenda in the EU. Germany is a hell of lot more strict on the health side BTW