Landmark Asbestos Study Underway in Australia

Railton, a cement plant located in Tasmania, Australia, manufactured asbestos-related products between the years of 1947 and 1986. In an effort to both rehabilitate the plant and understand the long-lasting effects of asbestos exposure, the new owners of the plant, Cement Australia, have partnered with the Australian Workers' Union to collect data on the health of current and former Railton employees.

Cement Australia has already spent $5 million dollars to remove asbestos materials and increase employee awareness of where such hazardous materials may have been most prevalent in the past. Now, in what is being heralded as a national first, the company intends to keep close tabs on the health of current employees, as well as follow-up on the health of previous employees.

Under the study, the current lung health assessment process currently enforced on current employees will be extended to former and retired Railton workers. According to the Australia Workers' Union, the study is expected to yield new information that will result in relevant medical and environmental findings.

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