Next week is Asbestos Awareness Week. Asbestos is, and continues to be, a huge concern for Australian workers and the public.
As a result of many years of concerted union campaigning, the use of all forms of asbestos in Australia has been banned since 2003, including its import and export. But, because of the legacy of its use, we have not solved the problem of asbestos exposures for either people at work or in the general community.
Australia has an unenviable record of one of the world’s highest rate of asbestos related diseases and a legacy of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) in many workplaces and buildings – public and private, commercial, domestic and industrial.
For Victorian Asbestos Awareness Week activities click here, for details of other events in other states click here.
Next week is Asbestos Awareness Week. Asbestos is, and continues to be, a huge concern for Australian workers and the public.
As a result of many years of concerted union campaigning, the use of all forms of asbestos in Australia has been banned since 2003, including its import and export. But, because of the legacy of its use, we have not solved the problem of asbestos exposures for either people at work or in the general community.
Australia has an unenviable record of one of the world’s highest rate of asbestos related diseases and a legacy of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) in many workplaces and buildings – public and private, commercial, domestic and industrial.
For Victorian Asbestos Awareness Week activities click here, for details of other events in other states click here.
