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Australians are being asked to think twice about asbestos as new research reveals a surge in DIY home improvements during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey of 1506 home improvers commissioned by the Asbestos Safety Eradication Agency, for National Asbestos Awareness Week (22-28 November 2021) found: •   46 per cent of those intending to do home improvement works cited pandemic-related motivations for doing so; •   38 per cent have worked on a risky property built between 1940 and 1990, the decades of greatest concern and; •   28 per cent of those who had found asbestos admitted to illegally disposing of it, most commonly placing it in their household bin or a neighbour’s. Asbestos Safety Eradication Agency CEO Justine Ross said the increase in home improvement has prompted concerns over an increase in asbestos exposure. The post Concerns for asbestos health after surge in DIY renovations appeared first on Mitchell's Front Page.