OT A tale of two webpages, both from the same city
On Jun 1, 5:59�am, (Don Klipstein) wrote:
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harry wrote:
On May 30, 11:12=EF=BF=BDpm, "HeyBub" wrote:
harry wrote:
The problem is that it's indestrucable. =EF=BF=BDIt will be there
forever.
That's good.
The Chromium in the dyes used to color a box of Tide will, when the empty
box is placed in a landfill, detach itself from the decomposed substrate
and
(possibly) leech into the water system where it will poison your
great-grandchildren.
Asbestos, and the like, does not need to be trained to stay where it
was put.
No, it can find it's own way out.
� How? �Asbestos fibers are inanimate mineral objects. �They are not
worms that worm their way from underground to your lungs.
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The fibres can (and have) escaped from industrial waste sites in the
recent past. Nowadays more care is taken.
Think of it this way,
People worry about burying radio-active waste with a half life of
30,000 years.
With asbestos it's forever.
They both can cause lung cancer.
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