A “staggering” discovery inside a red box in a science storeroom has sparked fresh headaches for a Sydney high school.
SafeWork New South Wales confirmed it was investigating the latest find.
It was not until four years later that the department announced “previously unknown asbestos” had been discovered in the roof cavity during a “proactive” inspection — sparking outrage from teachers who said they had been raising concerns about the white dust falling from the ceilings for years, going so far as to “sweep it up into a zip-lock bag” themselves and hand it to the school.
After the Education Department’s announcement in 2020, multiple teachers complained saying they had raised concerns years earlier — sparking an internal investigation by the Professional and Ethical Standards Directorate. Although the report referred to asbestos, it did not say whether the material posed an exposure risk. Exposure to asbestos can lead to long-term lung damage and certain cancers, typically occurring decades later.
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