If asbestos products or asbestos containing materials are disturbed, damaged, broken or worked on so that asbestos fibres become airborne it is a potential major health hazard.

A long period of time can occur between first breathing asbestos dust and a disease appearing (latency period).

These diseases are essentially untreatable:

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• Pleural Plaques
• Asbestosis
• Lung Cancer
• Mesothelioma

Click below for further medical information

• Guidelines for Health Surveillance - PDF
• http://www.aiss.org.au