Asbestos killed my husband

It was just a kid when he started and played the children in his yard with its small cars and trucks tip. But his sand was asbestos blue …

In December 1999, my husband and I were going to play lawn bowls when I was aware of his shortness of breath. I was surprised and concerned when he said that he lived in a few times. In this faith, that such infection on the chest, I made the appointment to another doctor.

Chest X-ray showed fluid in the lungs, more than two liters, which was drained, the relief of Brian, but we had to wait for hard results.Through pathology on the Internet, I know a few terms that may be responsible for the fluid in the lungs, they are: asbestos-related diseases. Brian lived in Wittenoom, as a child, and I was afraid of his diagnosis. Many do not want to disturb him unnecessarily, I do not mention my fears for him. I prayed that he had pleurisy or pneumonia, but the results showed that the pathology of cancer cells are present. Read more »

Knee Deep in Asbestos

When I was 17 I started to asbestos mine in the Yukon. I had the excitement of youth and looked like a great adventure. Mine was about 7 kilometers from the border of Alaska at Forty Mile River, which flows into the Yukon about 5 miles or so north.

I was the first time in August and worked on the crew area. This was the group responsible for outside maintenance of all things on the surface. This was fine when we had those few relatively warm days of summer, but later it was a bit difficult to work outdoors under 55F.

One of my first tasks was to keep clear the conveyor that took the unused asbestos tailings piles. Tailings piles are basically the dregs of the current asbestos after milling on the left and the mill on conveyor belts to large piles behind the mill. At that time there were about 100 meters. Read more »

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