아래 내용은 The conversation의 2023년 2월 2일자 기사입니다.
기사에 언급된 Wittenoom은 과거 청석면을 채굴하던 지역(서호주)으로 현재까지 현장 종사자와 가족, 마을 주민 2,000명 이상 석면질환으로 사망했으며 비극적인 사실을 연극 무대로 옮겼다는 것이 주 내용입니다. Wittenoom의 석면 피해와 관련된 자세한 내용은 기사 중간 링크를 클릭하시면 됩니다.
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Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty, desolate … and contaminated.
Wittenoom is on Banjima country. It was officially established in 1947 as a company town to house those working on the blue asbestos mine in the nearby Wittenoom Gorge. In the 1950s, Wittenoom became Australia’s sole supplier of asbestos. The reported health risks of asbestos led to the shutting down of the mine in 1966 and permanent closure of the town in 2022.
To date, more than 2,000 miners, residents and family members have died from asbestos-related diseases.
Wittenoom, a new play by Mary Anne Butler, is the story of Pearl (Emily Goddard) and her mother Dot (Caroline Lee), who live and work in the town in its functioning heyday of the 1940s.
The pair face a tragic outcome borne of corporate greed and denial.
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More than 2,000 people from Wittenoom died of asbestos-related diseases.
Wittenoom 등 석면채굴 마을의 피해 기사는 아래 링크를 클릭하세요.
Asbestos still haunts those exposed as kids in mining towns
