Chinese Locomotives Certified Asbestos-Free, But Chock-Full Of Carcinogen, Oz Workers Find
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To comply with the decade-old Australian ban on asbestos imports, they were certified asbestos-free. However, this was not the case.
National secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union Bob Nanva says maintenance workers raised concerns about the dust. "We had our maintenance workers repairing a number of diesel engines," he said.
"They identified a lot of white dust among those engines and asked the question as to whether or not that dust was safe."
The workers' concerns were justified. White asbestos - or chrysotile - was found throughout the locomotives, in insulation around the exhaust and muffler system, around coolant pipes and in the brake exhaust section near the roof of the driver's cabin.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-26/chinese-imports-spark-railway-worker-asbestos-scare/5118242