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Asbestos Disease Support Society
Asbestos Disease Support Society (ADSS)
The ADSS / Turner Freeman Lawyers Ballina Morning Tea, and presentation of ALL DUST IS DANGEROUS,was held last Monday at the Ballina RSL. ![]()
We were served delicious scones with jam and cream, with a combination of other small cakes as well. Plenty of hot Tea and Coffee and cold water was available.![]()
As a bonus, we had lovely views of the Richmond River in the back ground. There were interesting comments and questions throughout the presentation, about legal matters, Silica dust, Silicosis and of course Asbestos dust and diseases. ![]()
The current Media awareness of asbestos containing material (ACM) rearing its ugly head, and showing up in garden mulch in far too many public places around Australia at the moment was also discussed.![]()
After our presentation had finished, one of our ADSS members spoke to me about his time back in the day, mining White Asbestos (Chrysotile) at the Baryugil Mine near Grafton. We will talk more about what he recalled in a future FB Post. It was bloody criminal what these Indigenous Australians and their families, lived and worked through. The mine was thankfully shut in 1979. But not before it had taken its toll, costing many of those who worked there, their health, and their lives.
This week in the NT News, Graeme bravely told his story of renovation of his home and possible exposure to asbestos. ![]()
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Mr Hamilton didn’t realise he had put his family at risk until the 2000s, while doing a health and safety course for work. At the same time, his father-in-law was dying of asbestosis.![]()
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www.ntnews.com.au/news/breaking-news/national-asbestos-awareness-week-grandads-plea-to-diy-renova...
By becoming a member of ADSS you will receive ongoing information and support. You will be kept informed of any developments around asbestos issues and invited to events hosted by the Society.
ADSS holds exciting member events
over the calendar year to raise money
to support sufferers and raise
awareness of our cause.
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ADSS is a support organisation which
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sufferers of Asbestos Disease,
their families, friends and carers.
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