The biggest disaster in Australian history
Wittenoom is a city in northwest Australia. It was once one of the most important projects in the country's history. A dream town, visited by people from all over the world. But today, Wittenoom is a ghost town. It doesn't exist on paper, it's not on any map. Even being here is dangerous. The soil, the plants, the air—everything can be deadly.
Witenoom is Australia's Chernobyl. The worst disaster in the country's history. And one of the most dangerous places in the world. But it wasn't radiation that destroyed this city. It was asbestos—a mineral considered safe for decades and used worldwide. Some people didn't know about the dangers of asbestos, others preferred to remain silent.
How did a dream city become one of the worst environmental and health disasters in Australian history?
0:00 – A City That Isn't on a Map
0:54 – A Utopia in the Desert
2:56 – A Miracle Mineral
4:30 – Who Profited from the City? 6:12 – The Price of a Happy Life
7:52 – Invisible Danger
9:14 – The Doctor Nobody Listened to
10:04 – The Beginning of the End
10:54 – A New Disease
12:02 – The Price of Justice
14:06 – Wittenoom Now
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