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By February 2024, 33 sites across Sydney had tested positive for asbestos, and one in Nowra. [1] As of 7 March, the number of sites within New South Wales had risen to over 75. [7] Dr Jeremy McAnulty from NSW Health stated that asbestos needs to be breathed in to be a risk, and merely touching it is typically not a risk for asbestos-related ...
The Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales was established on 21 July 1989 as a specialist court within the Australian court hierarchy with exclusive jurisdiction within New South Wales, Australia, to deal with claims for damages from sufferers of dust-related illnesses, including those linked to asbestos exposure, and from dependants of sufferers who have died.
Bernard Douglas Banton AM (13 October 1946 – 27 November 2007) was an Australian builder and, later, social justice campaigner for asbestos-related diseases.He was the widely recognised face of the legal and political campaign to achieve compensation for the many sufferers of asbestos-related conditions, which they contracted after either working for the company James Hardie or being exposed ...
Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...
The impacts of asbestos on health to the Baryulgil community were documented by Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Matt Peacock in his book Killer Company and telemovie Devil's Dust. [ 7 ]
Asbestos was first mined commercially in Australia, at Gundagai. [102] Actinolite was mined along Jones Creek just to the west of the town but there are several deposits in the immediate area. Some fibres were two feet long. [103] Prior to 1918 this was the only source of asbestos in New South Wales.
As such, the exposure to asbestos increases the risk of developing cancers in the lung, ovary and pharynx. [12] The incidence of these cancers are said to occur decades after initial exposure to asbestos. [11] Products containing asbestos were eventually phased out towards the end of the 1980s, and a complete ban on asbestos was initiated in 2003.
In 2011, the NSW State Government provided funding of $6.3 million to undertake major rehabilitation of the mine to address the most significant health, safety and environmental issues. These works included: containment of processed friable chrysotile asbestos; removal of the former mill building, silos, and administration buildings