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  1. MAGA = Make Asbestos Great Again?

    “ Trump's support for asbestos has been welcomed in Russia, a primary asbestos supplier to the US. In 2018, a Russian asbestos company began marketing asbestos with Trump's face and a seal reading "Approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States."

    arstechnica.com/health/2025/06

    Snopes: Trump Faced Russian Asbestos.
    snopes.com/fact-check/russian-

    #Asbestosis #Asbestos #LungCancer #EPA #Mesothelioma

  2. Albert Littler, dead from #asbestosis; was born in 1944 and was raised by a single mother in a housing commission estate in Coburg, Victoria. His upbringing gave him an affinity for the underdog, leading to his lifelong commitment to working people.
    Albert started work as an apprentice painter and decorator in 1961, becoming a union organiser with the Operative Painters and Decorators Union (OPDU) in 1973.

    abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/lit?

    #CFMEU #healthandsafety #agentorange #dioxin #asbestos

  3. Albert Littler, dead from #asbestosis; was born in 1944 and was raised by a single mother in a housing commission estate in Coburg, Victoria. His upbringing gave him an affinity for the underdog, leading to his lifelong commitment to working people.
    Albert started work as an apprentice painter and decorator in 1961, becoming a union organiser with the Operative Painters and Decorators Union (OPDU) in 1973.

    abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/lit?

    #CFMEU #healthandsafety #agentorange #dioxin #asbestos

  4. Albert Littler, dead from #asbestosis; was born in 1944 and was raised by a single mother in a housing commission estate in Coburg, Victoria. His upbringing gave him an affinity for the underdog, leading to his lifelong commitment to working people.
    Albert started work as an apprentice painter and decorator in 1961, becoming a union organiser with the Operative Painters and Decorators Union (OPDU) in 1973.

    abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/lit?

    #CFMEU #healthandsafety #agentorange #dioxin #asbestos

  5. Albert Littler, dead from #asbestosis; was born in 1944 and was raised by a single mother in a housing commission estate in Coburg, Victoria. His upbringing gave him an affinity for the underdog, leading to his lifelong commitment to working people.
    Albert started work as an apprentice painter and decorator in 1961, becoming a union organiser with the Operative Painters and Decorators Union (OPDU) in 1973.

    abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/lit?

    #CFMEU #healthandsafety #agentorange #dioxin #asbestos

  6. Years after Baryulgil's asbestos mine closed down, a deadly legacy remains with the people of this land

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-15/bar

    Who else knew that this distant #mesothelioma asbestos cancer was not just in far off Wittenoom, somewhere in the Pilbara, but, right here in the Clarence River country?

    How many other, less distant mines are there?

    #asbestosis #OurProfitYourDeathManyThanksWeDoAppreciateIt #auspol