Asbestosis and the unigue type of lung cancer caused by asbestos are
terrible diseases. In most cases, it took long and intense exposure to a
specific form of Asbestos to cause the disease. Asbestos as a powder is a
problem, Asbestos as 99% of us see/saw it is not a problem. Unless it is
ground into a fine powder it is not a health hazard. Spending billions of
dollars to remove it from buildings is a waste. It just needs to be
encapsulated. Someone else pointed out that the removal actually causes
more problems than it cures as the asbestos is sometimes powdered during the
removal process.
It was terrible that the word on the danger of the powdered form of asbestos
did not get out to the man in the factory or ship yard. They were innocent
victims that might have been saved a premature and painful death with a
little precaution. Guess what Frank, I'm one of those that was exposed to
asbestos in its dangerous form, without any idea that it was a danger. But
like most things that can be a health hazard, the health paranoids have gone
off the deep end in trying to rid the world of what is a non problem for
most of the population. As quite often happens, the cure is worse than the
problem they are trying to solve.
The point I was trying to make is don't panic if you think you've been
exposed to Asbestos. Number one, it won't do you any good. If your going
to die from it, you arent' going to be able to do a thing about it short of
a lung transplant. In the majority of cases, asbestos would be contained in
a manner to render it harmless. Either bound up in the filler in floor tile
or as large solids that are harmless. In the case of brakes, care should be
taken. Don't assume that just because your shoes or pads are relatively
new, that they don't contain asbestos. Believe the new brake cleaners are
designed to suspend the asbestos dust, be washed off, and allow it to be
disposed of safely. Wear a mask while doing brake work and don't blow the
brakes down with compressed air. Just a heads up but trying to put the real
danger in perspective.
Aloha
Peter
>From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
>Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Re: Tuning by eye
>Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:48:51 +0100
>
>Peter Ogilvie writes:>>>Asbestos is not the big bugaboo that the health
>nuts
>would have you believe,
> > by the way. Asbestos is a naturally occurring substance, especially in
>the
> > Western American Desserts. It does not cause lung cancer, ala
>cigarettes,
> > but a cancer of the the lining of the outside of the lung. <<
>
>In the UK it even has a name. Asbestosis, is an inflammation of the lung
>lining. It is not lung cancer.
> So that's alright then. Is it OK if I go back to the little village in
>the
>Pennines I once went to to interview six men living in one street all
>dying
>of asbestosis as a result of working in a factory?
>I went back six times after that, to funerals.
> I'll tell their families its not a big bugaboo...
>Best Cheers
>
>Frank
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