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Clubs in Dark
BRISBANE City Council has identified more than 60 asbestos-affected sporting and community clubs but many say they have not been told there's a problem. The buildings, also leased by arts and school groups, are considered asbestos risks requiring regular monitoring.
The council said there was no danger from the asbestos and claimed all had been informed but at least a dozen contacted by The Courier-Mail were either unaware of the problem or did not know it was their responsibility.
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Davey Jones Locker for Toxic Shocker
AN asbestos-laden French aircraft carrier that was too toxic for Indian ship-breakers is to be towed to a yard in northeast England for dismantling. The agreement to send the Clemenceau, once the flagship of the French navy, to Able UK, on the River Tees near Hartlepool, ends an embarrassing five-year saga during which the ship wandered the seas in a vain search for a final resting place.
The stripped-down hulk has been moored off Brest since 2006, when former French president Jacques Chirac recalled it from India after an outcry by politicians and environmentalists. The Socialist opposition at the time denounced Mr Chirac for "lecturing the world on the environment while having other countries deal with our toxic ships".
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Replacement of electric hot water systems
with greenhouse-friendly systems.
On Sunday 3 June 2007, the Premier announced Queensland's Climate Change Strategy - Climate Smart 2050. The strategy contains a range of initiatives, including a proposal to phase-out existing electric hot water systems in Queensland from 2010. This initiative is the first of its kind in Australia and follows action by the Queensland Government to ban installation of electric hot water systems in all new houses (Class 1 buildings) which came into effect on 1 March 2006.
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Home renovators warned of danger of asbestos illness:
James O'Loan May 26, 2008 12:00am - Article From Courier Mail
A NEW wave of fatal asbestos-related diseases is on the way, threatening the state's amateur home renovators. Deaths are set to double.
Experts say the national death toll of 3000 a year from mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancers will double in the next 10 years-and the proportion of Queenslanders in this category is set to rise from the current one-in-five.
Mesothelioma deaths in Queensland have leapt 30 per cent since 1997, outstripping all states and territories.