 John Jarratt Face of Asbestos Awareness Campaign1-in-3 Australian homes contain asbestos. Australian star of screen John Jarratt is the face of the 2017 Asbestos Awareness Month Campaign to stop Aussies from playing renovation roulette with asbestos.
After losing his great mate, fellow actor Harold Hopkins, to mesothelioma caused from inhaling asbestos fibres when he was young, Jarratt has been a dedicated campaigner and Ambassador raising awareness of the dangers of asbestos among homeowners, renovators & tradies since 2012 By: Asbestos Education Committee "NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS MONTH" Renovating? Go Slow! Asbestos – It's a NO GO! Visit asbestosawareness.com.au It's not worth the risk! Asbestos Awareness Day is Friday 24 November 2017 Today the Asbestos Education Committee announced the face of the National Asbestos Awareness campaign (November) will be one of Australia's leading stars of theatre and screen, John Jarratt. After losing his great mate and fellow actor Harold Hopkins to mesothelioma caused from inhaling asbestos fibres when he was young, Jarratt has been a dedicated campaigner and Asbestos Awareness Ambassador raising awareness of the dangers of asbestos among homeowners, renovators and tradies since 2012. "Most Australians believe that asbestos-related diseases are a thing of the past, but they couldn't be more wrong! Today, asbestos poses just as much a risk to the health of Australians as ever before," said Jarratt. "Each week 13 Australians die of asbestos-related diseases - 12 from malignant mesothelioma - another 13 are diagnosed with this incurable cancer that can develop 20-50 years after exposure to asbestos fibres. There is no cure and the average survival time is just 10-12 months after diagnosis. "With numbers predicted to rise in coming years because people must take the warnings seriously or they could play a risky game of 'Renovation Roulette' and put their lives and the lives of others, including their kids, at risk," he said. "Because Australia was among the largest consumers of asbestos-containing materials (ACM) in the world, many products remain lurking in one third of Aussie homes built or renovated before 1987 including brick, weatherboard, fibro or clad homes," he said. "Although there's no known safe level of exposure to asbestos fibres, what we do know is the greater the exposure, the greater the risk of developing asbestos-related diseases. To raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos to help save lives register at asbestosawareness.com.au and download information to distribute to your community, school and workplace. From November 1, the Asbestos Awareness campaign John Jarratt and the new slogan "Renovating? Visit asbestosawareness.com.au because it's not worth the risk! https://vimeo.com/ Contact Insight Communications ***@insightcommunications.net.au Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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