While there are many things Australia wants to forget, one seems to be its very own Chernobyl, Wittenoom, a place very few ...

WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT Signs around Wittenoom ... "Isn't there dangerous levels of blue asbestos in that area? You guys should be careful, that stuff can kill," one person wrote.

The vehicles have engine and exhaust gaskets that contain asbestos, a known carcinogen that is prohibited in Australia. Both manufacturers have been directed to stop selling the affected vehicles ...

Australia began phasing out asbestos in the 1980s and banned it in 2003. All of the tainted mulch found so far has been supplied by landscaping products manufacturer Greenlife Resource Recovery ...

The billionaire family behind the asbestos scare sweeping Sydney has denied all responsibility and told Daily Mail Australia they ... Plains at the foot of the Blue Mountains, and from Parramatta ...

Anita Corr scans the brilliant blue horizon and thinks of her dad ... Professor Creaney said much of the asbestos in Australia's built environment was reaching the end of its life span, as ...

Of these asbestos minerals, chrysotile is most commonly used, followed by the so-called ‘blue’ and ‘brown’ amphiboles. Despite their differences in outwards appearance, what they have in ...