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Elite Australian fire, ambulance brigades warned of asbestos exposure

By LUKE McILVEEN
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

The phones began ringing in the middle of last week.

One by one, members of the elite ambulance and fire brigade rescue units were told the news they had never expected or wanted to hear.

They had been exposed to asbestos diseases — the silent killer almost impossible to detect — during training exercises at Holsworthy army barracks.

These are the men who are trained to go where others won’t dare in the event of disaster.

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