Do it yourselfers
and contractors alike are being warned that they could become the next generation
to fall victim to asbestos exposure.
That’s what’s
already happening in Australia, the country with the highest recorded rate of asbestos-related deaths from the cancer,
mesothelioma.
"Now we are seeing a new wave of these
preventable diseases from people exposed to asbestos ... through the
home-renovation boom," says Susan Wallace, CEO of Asbestos Free Tasmania.
Every house built before 1990 in that county
can have some asbestos, and many renovators still have little idea of the
dangers.
Tasmanian Labor senator Lisa Singh told an
asbestos summit in Sydney that without a national approach, thousands
of Australians would continue to be diagnosed with the condition.
"Without a co-ordinated approach to
asbestos awareness and management, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Australians
will be diagnosed with asbestos-related disease in the next 20 years,"
Senator Singh said.
"Most of these cases will result from
poor management of asbestos in the home."
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Source: TheMurcury.com.au
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