“One-stop shop” for pleural disease an Australasian first
The first dedicated clinic in Australasia for “one-stop” diagnosis and treatment of people with pleural diseases has opened at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. Patients with mesothelioma and...
View ArticleCommunity group drives plan for world-first mobile asbestos remover
The dangerous dumping of asbestos, particularly during natural disasters such as the last year’s Queensland floods, could be averted with the design of a new mobile disposal unit. The brainchild of a...
View ArticleAustralian biomarker research headlines international conference
Researchers have moved a step closer to a new and better blood test to diagnosis mesothelioma. A team from the Asbestos Disease Research Institute in Sydney have discovered a small molecule that is...
View ArticleChildren of Wittenoom the subject of a new study
Researchers at the University of Western Australia have just embarked on a new study investigating the current health of people who lived in Wittenoom as children. For many years the Occupational...
View ArticleAsbestos Management Review report made public
The Federal Government has released the report of its national Asbestos Management Review.This follows the setting up of a review committee in 2010 headed by former ACTU assistant secretary Geoff Fary...
View ArticleNew research on childhood exposure to asbestos
A new study into the children of Wittenoom has revealed that they have an increased risk of succumbing to asbestos-related disease later in life. The study was undertaken by a research team at the WA...
View ArticleMeet Linda Reinstein, president and CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness...
Linda’s Reinstein’s journey from “contented PTA mom” to global activist was swift and brutal. When her husband Alan was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003, the couple quickly realised, like many...
View Articlevale Catherine Madden
Journalist Catherine Madden, who since 2009 has been a regular contributor to the Australian Asbestos Network website, died on 1 December after a long and brave battle with breast cancer. Her passion...
View ArticleNew Book: Asbestos in Australia
The team that created the Australian Asbestos Network website has now compiled a comprehensive account of asbestos in Australia with chapters from prominent experts in the disciplines of history,...
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