Britain also has a fatal overwork problem | Letters

Regularly working 49 hours or more a week is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, writes David Hardman of the London Hazards CentreYour report on the death from overwork of the Japanese reporter Miwa Sado states that 80 hours of overtime per month is the level at which working hours start to pose a serious risk to health (Journalist died after doing 159 hours of overtime in a month, 6 October). This is far too high a threshold for health problems related to working hour