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Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy
Bronwen Duke has lost most of her family because they once lived in Wittenoom.
The town in Western Australia sprang up around a blue asbestos mine in the 1940s and '50s.
But many in Wittenoom were unaware that asbestos fibres can cause lung disease and cancer.
---more, including video---
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-44535967/wittenoom-an-australian-tragedy
The town in Western Australia sprang up around a blue asbestos mine in the 1940s and '50s.
But many in Wittenoom were unaware that asbestos fibres can cause lung disease and cancer.
---more, including video---
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-44535967/wittenoom-an-australian-tragedy
Would the Trump EPA ignore horrors like this?
