Listen to the 30-minute radio documentary Living with asbestos: the Third Wave, produced by Mia Lindgren. Broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Street stories program 21 October 2007.

5 September, 2011: A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia todays says the increase in the number of malignant mesothelioma cases in Western Australia over the past decade is the result of home renovation and do-it-yourself (DIY) projects involving building products containing asbestos

5 September, 2011: When Dorothy Delvental helped her father build their family home in Middle Swan when she was a young girl, she never could have foreseen that it would lead to her being diagnosed with a deadly asbestos-related cancer.

16 September, 2011: All buildings should be cleared of asbestos by 2030 to save future generations.

17 May, 2012: Asbestos fragments spread from the roof of an abandoned West Perth warehouse fire potentially contaminating an 80m radius and leading to resident evacuations.

16 August, 2012: Nearly 24,000 Chinese-made Great Wall and Chery cars sold in Australia with asbestos gaskets will not be recalled due to “negligible” risks and instead it is incumbent on the owners to ask for the removal of the product.

7 November, 2012: Western Australian Government hopes removing landfill levy for dangerous substances will stop illegal dumping

31 May, 2013: A young Sydney family of four have been moved out of their Penrith home after being told that their home and street may be contaminated with asbestos during NBN works.

This 53-minute radio documentary Deadly Dust takes us back to the blue dust of Wittenoom, through the drawn-out legal fight for compensation with building materials giant James Hardie to the stories of asbestos victims. It is a story of corporate greed and lives destroyed. Produced by Mia Lindgren.