Model Asbestos Management Code of Practice
SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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When products containing asbestos are damaged and become degraded over time, asbestos fibres are exposed disease may become airborne. Health risks are exacerbated in natural disasters, with destructive cyclones damaging products such as asbestos roofing and cladding, an issue of increasing concern as the impacts of climate change are experienced across the region.