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I lost both parents, both grandparents, my brother, three uncles, about four cousins that i can think of, and that is just the immediate family in my world. i was born in 1958 in the far north of western australia in a little town called wittenoom. the blue asbestos mine was the genesis of the town. asbestos is a naturalfibre that is encased in rocks. they would extract the asbestos out of the mine and the mill would actually then bag it ready for shipment and it was sent to places around the wo...

Now to australia and a tail of environmental devastation. the town in western australia emerged in the 19405 and 50s about a profitable blue asbestos mine. as best as unnatural fire retardant was in high demand. people were unaware of what , that it could be lethal. now the town is almost completely abandoned. people were willing to they did not take it seriously until people started to die. i lost both parents, both grandparents, my brother, three animals, about four cousins and i can think of,...

The mice, the mould. being broken into. theyve been there about, i would say about three weeks. these are bending because, the building is, because its not structurally safe. if you bothered to come round and actually speak to residents or go to speak to people in bradcock, you would understand what they know. you cannot turn round and say to me... having been elected locally for 18 years, i certainly have been round marsh drive and graham park estate, more, more than you have. more than you hav...

They had race days and social activities that everyone was involved in. but my parents were not aware of the dangers. i dont think a lot of the people in town were aware of the dangers. asbestos fibres get into the lungs and those fibres can cause asbestos or mesothelioma. it encases the lung in cancer and prevents it from breathing. in wittenoom, asbestos was not confined to the mines. asbestos was used on driveways and gardens, on the roads as well. it was literally everywhere. if you went out...

Herculaneum in italy. he was buried by the ancient eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 ad. reserchers have been studying the remains, unearthed in the 1960s, and this is what they extracted from his skull. back to our top story, the spread of the coronavirus which has claimed its 18th victim — an 80—year—old man — while nearly 600 people are infected across 10 countries. worryingly, the latest death was the first victim not from the epicentre of the outbreak, wuhan, where its 11 million res...

Parents, both grandparents, my brother, three animals, about four cousins and i can think of, and that is just the immediate family in cousins and i can think of, and that isjust the immediate family in my world. i was born in 1958 in the far north of the australia. the blue as mine it was the genesis of the town. asbestos is a naturalfibre mine it was the genesis of the town. asbestos is a natural fibre that is encased in rocks they would extract the asbestos and the mind and the mail within ac...

Turned one victims brain to glass, thought to be the first time this has been seen. a study, published in the new england journal of medicine, says scientists discovered a solid, glassy black material, found inside the skull of a victim at herculaneum, that appears to be the remains of a human brain, transformed by heat. lets speak now to dr pier paolo petrone, forensic anthropologist at the university of naples federico ii and a co—author of the study. he joins us from naples. thank you very ...

Has anything improved ? has anything improved? the communication, i would say. ive been inundated with letters from barnett holmes. we still live here and we still have to live with the gas and the cockroaches, and the knives, being broken into. how long have these been here?|j knives, being broken into. how long have these been here? i would say about a few weeks. there is an obstruction. if you bothered to come round and actually speak to residents,, you would understand. you cannot turn round...

In some of his strongest warnings yet, sir david attenborough has said the moment of crisis has arrived for the world over climate change. in a week when it has been confirmed that the past decade was the hottest on record, sir david said countries had been dodging their commitments for too long, and every year that passed made them more and more difficult to achieve. it was nonsense, he said, to suggest the bushfires in australia were nothing to do with climate change. more from there in a mome...

A stunning view of our fragile planet, the blaze of lights evidence of the many impacts were having on the globe. whole forests in madagascar cut down to create farmland. in germany, huge mines gouging out coal for power stations. cities sprawling into natural habitats. and all this on a scale so large, its even changing the climate, and the world now faces crucial decisions. the moment of crisis has come. sir david attenborough tells me time is running out. as i speak, south—east australia is...