Baryulgil braces for second wave of asbestos illness

Baryulgil braces for second wave of asbestos illness

The Indigenous community of Baryulgil is facing a new wave of asbestos-related illness after the first mesothelioma diagnosis of a miner's child. Ffloyd Laurie, 54, was diagnosed with mesothelioma earlier this year, developing the cancer after playing in the tailings from James Hardie's mine at Baryulgil, in northern New South Wales, as a child.