Links to Asbestos Information
These links are to information publicly and freely available online. Although they are provided for your interest, ACV/GARDS Inc. does not necessarily endorse and cannot take responsibility for information and opinions contained in these external websites. If you know of an asbestos related website that would be of interest to others, please let us know.
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Fact Sheets
Click the image below to access a range of Asbestos Safety Fact Sheets on Insurance, Bushfire Safety, Tax Deductions and Chrysotile Asbestos. Information is provided by the Australian Government.
Bushfire Recovery
Assess Control Assure Pty Ltd
Managing asbestos during bushfire recovery pdf
https://gards.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Managing-asbestos-during-bushfire-recovery.pdf
Latrobe Valley Asbestos Taskforce
Established by the Victorian Government in 2019 to undertake a review into how asbestos is managed in the Latrobe Valley. Visit the taskforce website to find out more.
https://www.asbestostaskforce.net
About Asbestos
Australian Government – Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
Providing a national focus on asbestos issues which goes beyond workplace safety to encompass environmental and public health concerns.
https://www.asbestossafety.gov.au/about-asbestos/about-asbestos
Victorian Government – Resource for employers, employees, homeowners and tenants
https://www.asbestos.vic.gov.au/
Better Health Channel – Asbestos and your health
Information and links
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/asbestos-and-your-health
Virtual Medical Centre – What is Asbestos disease?
http://www.myvmc.com/lifestyles/asbestos-exposure/
http://www.myvmc.com/diseases/asbestosis/
Australian Lung Foundation
http://lungfoundation.com.au
Cancer Council of Victoria – Mesothelioma
http://www.cancervic.org.au/about-cancer/cancer_types/mesothelioma
https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/types-of-cancer/mesothelioma
Gippsland Regional Integrated Cancer Service
https://grics.com.au/
Asbestos Fact Sheet from U.S. Center for Disease Control
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/
Mesothelioma.com
https://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos-exposure/products/talc-powder/
The Australian Asbestos network
https://www.australianasbestosnetwork.org.au
World Health Organisation
World Health Organisation position on Asbestos
https://gards.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WHO-position-on-Asbestos.pdf
Elimination of Asbestos
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/asbestos-elimination-of-asbestos-related-diseases
Chrysotile Asbestos
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/143649/9789241564816_eng.pdf;jsessionid=157B141D407FE40CCBD59C60A35DD7ED?sequence=1
Asbestos video links
Testing Asbestos suits in 1956
https://youtu.be/Hl_H68zhp_Q
“My Trip to Wittenoom” Australian Mining History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4zUx-1fYQo
White Gold Pioneers: Asbestos Mining History from Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtMngmVbWOw
Medical 3D animation showing asbestos fibre entry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whlIUZMKcV0
Asbestos: Workcover NSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZZr6tRvUA
Incitec Pivot Asbestos Pipe Lagging Removal and Reinsuation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJC6770jQQ
Friable ceiling abatement using FoamShield’s patented method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddF8HMfRWXQ
Asbestos Exposure Research
IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to Humans
https://gards.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FINAL-DRAFT-OF-EVALUATION-ON-ASBESTOS-IN-THE-HOME-REMOVAL-KIT-2008.pdf
History of Asbestos exposure
Medical History
An American summary of the History of Asbestos Disease as reported in world medical literature. This list of events reflects findings of a medical nature.
http://www.mesothelioma.com/medhistory.htm
Loophole for Asbestos Defendants?
http://ibasecretariat.org/lka_loophole_asb_def.php
Asbestos exposure in Gippsland/Latrobe Valley
A Very Public Death – dying of mesothelioma and asbestos related lung cancer in the Latrobe Valley
A descriptive exploratory case study undertaken to highlight the needs of people dying of mesothelioma and their families in the Latrobe Valley.
http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=1183
Continuing government cover-up of asbestos health disaster in Australia
From 1924, when the first State Electricity Commission (SEC) power station opened, thousands of tonnes of asbestos were used for insulation. No protection was afforded the workers until the late 1970s. Even during the last few years, the close-knit community has been subjected to clouds of dust as old power stations have been dismantled.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/mar2001/asb-m20.shtml
Respiratory physician calls for mass screening of asbestos victims
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed Dr Tony Sasse, a respiratory physician working in the town of Traralgon in Australia’s Latrobe Valley, where diseases associated with asbestos contamination in the Valley’s power stations have reached epidemic proportions.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/mar2001/int-m20.shtml
Working with Asbestos
Asbestos Water Pipe Management
https://www.asbestossafety.gov.au/research-publications/case-studies-asbestos-water-pipe-management-practices
Asbestos Audits
Asbestos Audits Queensland have over twenty years experience at inspecting and reporting on the presence of asbestos in buildings.
http://asbestosaudits.com.au/
Asbestos in doors
Many people don’t know that many doors to flats, units and apartments in Australia contain very dangerous levels of asbestos.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/death-sentence-in-a-door-20130409-2hjal.html
Worksafe Victoria – List of Licenced Asbestos Removalists
Information about asbestos, your legal requirements and how to comply with workplace laws regarding asbestos.
http://www1.worksafe.vic.gov.au/vwa/ServiceProviderDirec.nsf/list?openForm
Asbestos in Victoria
EPA has generated a map of Victorian landfills licensed to receive asbestos to assist in identifying the closest disposal option.
http://www.asbestos.vic.gov.au/
ACT Govt. Asbestos Website
Useful site with downloadable booklets on asbestos for homeownwers/renovators etc.
https://www.asbestostaskforce.act.gov.au
https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/search?query=asbestos
VTHC recognised Victorian Asbestos Removalists
http://www.ohsrep.org.au/hazards/asbestos
Asbestos Action Groups
The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS)
The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) independent body which is dedicated to the eradication world-wide of the continuing use of asbestos and the minimisation of dangers from asbestos products already within society.
http://ibasecretariat.org/
Importing Goods that could contain Asbestos
Importing asbestos or goods containing asbestos into Australia is prohibited, unless a permission has been granted or a lawful exception applies. Visit the Australian Border Force website for important information.
https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/prohibited-goods/categories/asbestos