International Impact

Meet 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 heart of the Pilbara Region, the…

Australia’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 built in asbestos’ heyday are still…

Asbestos 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 each year, according to the World…

Tourists 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 thousands — of people from around…

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 — many in bad shape. These…

How 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 of hundreds condemned to death because…

Australia’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 harmless building product I once thought…

Asbestos Industry Drives Epidemic in Developing Nations

Guest Author
International Impact
Jan 31, 2017

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 Essay Scholarship. Ashirwad describes how…