Australia is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world. There are modern cities, countless beautiful beaches and many magnificent natural scenery.
Every year, Australia welcomes a large number of tourists, showing different charm to the world.
However, there is also a very dangerous city in Australia, do not try, even if this is a popular online celebrity attractions.
In Australia, there is a scenic spot, even the official warned everyone, do not approach here, the air here can be fatal to smell!
This is Wittenoom, in Western Australia, a former mining town that has been abandoned for many years and is a famous ghost town in Australia. Also because of this characteristic, attracted a large number of tourists.
Wittenoom is 300km from Port Hedland and used to have a large number of miners when the mining industry was developed.
And the mineral here is asbestos, a high-risk mineral, the dust in the air can cause cancer.
Because of the large amount of death in the miner, it is gradually abandoned and desolate. .
Because it is uninhabited, it has been removed from the map and has become a complete dead town. No one came here for a long time.
Until this day, some brave Australian explorers came here, feeling that it was perfect and suitable for the explorer`s treasure.
The explorers posted the photo online, causing a stir in the adventure circle.
After seeing these photos, more and more people have come here to explore.
However, many tourists are beginning to feel uncomfortable, dizzy and nauseous, and their physical condition is getting worse and worse.
It turns out that although it has been abandoned for many years, the asbestos in the air has not abated. Government has set up billboards at the entrance of the town and in many places to remind the public that it is not safe here.
But many tourists ignore this and even take pictures with billboards.
Many tourists have sunburned out their photo here, not only for the whole family, but also for swimming in the lake here. What they don`t know is that the air here, with every breath, will do serious harm to the body.
In order to prevent foreign tourists from being attracted to come here, government has set up warning signs in different languages to remind tourists that there is asbestos and do not enter.
Perhaps we do not know the harm of asbestos, asbestos itself is not toxic, its biggest harm comes from its fiber, which is a very small, almost invisible fiber, when these small fibers are released, floating in the air for a long time, easy to be inhaled by the human body, asbestos dust into the human body, gradually deposited in the lungs, resulting in lung tissue fibrosis, thickening of pleura. It`s called asbestos lung.
Early symptoms of asbestos are not obvious, after a period of time, slowly feel physical decline, prone to dyspnea after work, breast pain, heart area discomfort, and often cough. The condition is aggravated, the weight is obviously reduced, the whole body is weak, accompanied by bronchitis and pleurisy.
Patients with advanced ascisis can be complicated with heart disease, heart failure in severe cases, and eventually death.
Of course, there is a long incubation period for asbestos carcinogenesis, most of which are not shown until 20 years after exposure to asbestos.
It has been shown that asbestos can cause primary lung cancer and mesothelioma, and 90% of patients with pleura mesothelioma have a history of exposure to cotton.
During 1980 / 2003, 12000 people in Germany were caused by asbestos-related occupational diseases, death.
France kills 2000 people a year from asbestos.
Nearly 20000 cases of asbestos were reported in the United States during 1990 / 99.
This is the problem of asbestos pollution, which has been paid attention to varying degrees in countries all over the world. In Europe, it is predicted that 500000 people will die from lung cancer caused by asbestos by 2020.
In Japan, it is predicted that 100000 people will be death by 2040.
In such a dangerous place, a group of Australians regard it as the perfect place of adventure. And regard it as an online celebrity attraction. It costs a lot of money to visit other scenic spots, but it may be fatal to visit here!
Wittenoom, in Western Australia, no matter how beautiful the scenery, how suitable for travel, how suitable for adventure, do not joke about life.
