Asbestos & Health The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide information about asbestos and health. This fact sheet will explain the following: Asbestos general information Asbestos exposure Health effects of asbestos exposure Tests to diagnose asbestos-related disease Treatment of asbestos-related disease Reducing your
It has been only one year since Martin Swinburn renovated the kitchen in his Asquith family home, and yet the shiny new space could soon be little more than rubble. Mr Swinburn’s is one of 91 NSW homes that has tested positive to loose-fill asbestos
A RETIRED carpenter who worked with asbestos in a prison has received a six-figure compensation pay-out after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The pensioner, who has not been named but is from County Durham, worked in various prisons between 1963 and 1995, carrying out maintenance
