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The post consists of explanatory text positioned above a vintage 1953 photograph. The text explains that the image shows two 4-year-old neighbors, Philip Noble and Ross Munroe, playing in an asbestos sandpit in a Wittenoom, Australia backyard, a common practice for local residents at the time who were unaware of asbestos's toxicity. It further notes that Philip later worked as a footballer and died of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, at age 36, while Ross became a high school principal and died of the same disease at age 38. The photograph below shows the two young boys smiling, covered in asbestos dust as they sit in the sandpit, completely unaware of the fatal health risk they are being exposed to, creating a tragic, somber contrast between the innocent childhood moment and the devastating eventual outcome for both children.

Asbestos Kids

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