Monday 31 August 2009
How many people won the James Hardie environmental health trifecta?
In the 1950s I grew up in the outer suburbs of Sydney in a house where the outside eaves, internal kitchen walls, all of the laundry additions and garage cum playroom were made of asbestos-based building material.
Later on I purchased a family home which had ceiling insulation made from asbestos and hessian carpet underlay which I learned last week may also been contaminated by this dangerous James Hardie product.
Thankfully I did not work directly with asbestos, but I'm not sure that the acoustic ceiling tiles above my head in the first office job I had did not contain this substance.
I feel as though my family has - without our consent - been made to run in a very dodgy three horse race so that a big international company could grow rich.
Hanging is too good for James Hardie directors - past and present - who knew and said nothing.
Mark
Tweed Heads
Labels:
Australian corporations,
environment,
health,
housing,
multinationals,
safety
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