In message on Tue, 08 Mar
2011 20:29:19 +0000
Andy Champ wrote:

On 07/03/2011 22:43, Dave Liquorice wrote:

I'd agree with that. There is a lot of FUD surrounding asbestos. Yes,
it can be nasty stuff, documented cases of people going down with
asbestosis or related lung disease 50 years after a single 15 minute
exposure to low levels. But that would almost certainly be blue or
brown asbestos not white that is commonly found in asbestos cement.

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Ill agree about the FUD. Those documented cases - do you have a link?
Or is it just a case of "Well they must have been exposed to Asbestos or
they wouldn't be ill"?

I'm sure most builders won't remember exactly what was in that building
they knocked down 15 years ago.


Where does this 15 year period come from?

My father died of gastric ulcers when I was three.

When I was 14, our geography teacher, describing some part of this planet (but
I can't remember which part!) mentioned the asbestos industry there and told us
that death from gastric ulcers was common in asbestos workers ...

My father's death certificate shows his employment as "Labourer, Asbestos
Factory" ...

However, from things my mum told me about other jobs he'd had, it's obvious
that he hadn't worked there for 15 years, or anything like as long ...

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Terry