On Jul 17, 11:23*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
NT wrote:
On Jul 17, 8:24 pm, "Phil L" wrote:
rbel wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:00:45 +0200, js.b1 wrote:
I can not see why anyone would want to scrape/sand the surface of
Chrysotile asbestos fibre soffit cement board - it is perfectly safe
stuff in terms of wet sheet removal, but not so safe when treated in
such an abrasive manner :-)
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What is 'wet sheet removal'?
removing sheets of it when it's wet, in that it can't dust up because it's
wet.
That said it's mostly a load of ********, a few people died of lung cancer
after working in asbestos factories for 50 years but many more didn't,
nowadays no one will go within 50 yards of it unless they're wearing a
radiation suit, breathing apparatus and 11 pairs of gloves
an enormous toll of people have died from it sadly,
really? In mines and factories and a few other individuals exposed to
e.g. a lot of brake dust.
I cant think of a single case of someone who has been exposed
domestically, dying.
I would be interested to see ANY references..
Ah. *a mere google away
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/cau...osis/index.htm
hardly am enormous toll of people.
that page only addresses the word of the use asbestosis on death
certs, and most asbestos related deaths dont use that word, only
300-400 per year for certs saying 'asbestosis' A related page on the
site says "There were 2156 mesothelioma deaths in 2007."
and continue to.
barely. teh peak is certainly passed.
their graph suggests otherwise
Note also less than 4% of detahs associated with asbestos. How odd, that
all those women living in those absestos loaded homes, haven't died of itl.
Could it be, ahem, that the deaths are only from tehiose who are
continually and heavily exposed to it in mines, factories and industrial
environments?
of course
Surely not. Its such a wicked evil substance merely looking at it can
kill you.
But the paranoia over DIY asbestos removal is out of all proportion to
the miniscule risk, the level of exposure from one rigidly
encapsulated asbestos sheets removal per decade is very far removed
from that from working in an asbestos factory for a lifetime with no
safe practices or respiratory protection.
At last, the truth.
NT