The HSE went on to say that any decision on whether the school should reopen "rests with the school governors", adding "it is their choice whether to use the HSL report in any decision making".
"Researchers are committed to a long term study of HSL with the goals of producing ... a dictionary (and) archived videotaped data, " s aid James Woodward, an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mano.
However, on Monday it was revealed that a new report carried out on behalf of HSE by the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) - which carries out scientific research - that the method of testing carried out by Santia could "overestimate the levels of asbestos fibres as it does not distinguish between asbestos fibres and other fibres such as paper, clothing and skin cells".