Killer building material's fatalities tower over the national road toll
The nation recoils at a death toll of around 1,200 on Australian roads but another silent killer found in a third of Australian homes is killing thousands more people every year.
There is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos fibres. (Image source: all pictures courtesy of Asbestos Education Committee)
Australia’s devastating road toll of around 1,200 deaths per year justifiably captures constant headlines and attracts billions of dollars in funding to tackle the issue through police actions, media campaigns, education and infrastructure repairs and upgrades.
As worthy as such drastic action is, another killer ends the lives of more than triple that number every year yet attracts almost no communal concern.
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