Asbestos alerts

This safety alert provides information about asbestos found in imported acetylene cylinders.

This safety alert provides information about imported brake shoes of manual hand pallet trucks that have been found to contain asbestos.

This safety alert provides information about the affected components identified with asbestos and recommended action for owners.

This alert provides information about the use of near infrared (NIR) handheld analysers for the identification of asbestos-containing materials (ACM).

This safety alert is about the health risks from imported battery-operated bee smokers that contain asbestos in the insulating board between the battery compartment in the handle of the device and the metal smoker.

This safety alert is to warn of asbestos in Bunsen burner gauze mats with ceramic pads that have been imported into Australia Gauze mats without a ceramic centre (i.e. they are all metal) are outside the scope of this alert.

This safety alert is to warn of asbestos in rail carriage suspension system friction wear plates.

This safety alert is to warn of asbestos in acetylene cylinders. Acetylene cylinders are gas cylinders commonly used in gas cutting and welding.

This safety alert is to warn of asbestos in components of some Yamaha YFM90R (RAPTOR) children's quad bikes.

This safety alert provides information regarding asbestos in empty sea containers.

This safety alert is to warn of asbestos in components of some Polaris brand youth quad bikes.

This safety alert provides information on recent imports of electrical scooters and sidecars found to have chrysotile asbestos in brake components.

This safety alert is to advise of the reported presence of asbestos rock samples contained in some mineral kits purchased by schools.

This safety alert provides a warning about trace amounts of asbestos detected in some brands of children's crayons imported into Australia.

This safety alert highlights the asbestos exposure risks associated with fibrous building panels imported to construct a residential building.

This safety alert highlights the asbestos exposure risks associated with raw and polished crystals, stones and pendants imported into Australia.

This safety alert highlights the asbestos exposure risks associated with some novelty fire wallets imported into Australia.

This safety alert aims to highlight the potential risks associated with some new vehicles imported into Australia from China by Great Wall Motors Australia and Chery Automotive Australia which contain asbestos gaskets.

This safety alert highlights the potential asbestos exposure associated with recycled hessian bags used as carpet underlay.