Queensland authorities worked hard over the weekend to clear asbestos in the Airport Link tunnel in Brisbane, Queensland. Emergency services have said a car carrying a trailer full of asbestos sheets lost its load in the tunnel on early Saturday afternoon. Before the tunnel was closed many cars drove over the asbestos sheets causing the asbestos to break up into pieces.
In order to reduce the threat from the asbestos, firefighters used water and foam and an asbestos removal company was contacted to clean up the asbestos. Police are now undertaking an investigation into the situation and trying to identify how the asbestos was contained in the trailer. The tunnel remained closed for several hours on Saturday afternoon and night in order to ensure nobody else was exposed to asbestos.
Exposure to asbestos is a serious health concern as it can result in people contracting asbestos related diseases such as asbestosis, lung caner and mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma in Australia is a problem that state and federal governments deal with. Unfortunately, there have been many people who develop asbestos related conditions in Queensland such as mesothelioma in Queensland.
