International Impact
How Asbestos Changes Lives Forever
If there’s one word that can strike fear into the hearts of many Australians, it’s asbestos. Seemingly innocuous when first mined in…
September 4, 2019
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International ImpactMeet the Group with Highest Mesothelioma Mortality Rate in the World
The Karijini National Park in Western Australia is a natural wonder. Sprawled over 193,000 square miles of the Hamersley Range deep in the…
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International ImpactAustralia’s Asbestos Abatement Dilemma
How to deal with the problem of asbestos in Australia is something authorities have grappled with for decades. Across the country, thousands of homes…
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International ImpactAsbestos in Australian Homes, Drinking Water a Concern
One could describe asbestos as an unrelenting monster. About 125 million people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace…
September 6, 2018 -
International ImpactTourists in Australia Flirt with Death in Asbestos Ghost Town
How many people would willingly risk their life just for fun? The answer may surprise you. In Western Australia alone, hundreds — perhaps…
August 6, 2018 -
International Impact
Unseen Asbestos Poses Risk to Unsuspecting Homeowners
Travel through any neighborhood in Australia and you are almost certain to come across any number of homes constructed from fibro asbestos sheeting —…
June 25, 2018 -
International ImpactHow Asbestos Changed My Life
Asbestos is the stuff of nightmares, and I should know. It killed my husband, Brian. Diagnosed with mesothelioma at age 52, he became one…
May 18, 2018 -
International ImpactAustralia’s Tradesmen at Risk of Asbestos Exposure
Witnessing my husband Brian suffer and die from mesothelioma at the age of 54 was a cruel way to learn asbestos is not the…
November 17, 2017 -
International ImpactAsbestos Industry Drives Epidemic in Developing Nations
Ashirwad Barnwal is a student at Iowa State University of Science and Technology. He is the first-place winner of the Spring 2016 Asbestos.com…
Guest AuthorJanuary 31, 2017 -
International ImpactAsbestos: The Dirty Word in Australia
Of all the words in the English language, “asbestos” is the only one that angers me or moves me to tears. It wasn’t always…
September 2, 2016
