Posted on 05/24/2023 6:55:03 AM PDT by LouAvul
I guess it's still around. I worked at a filling station in the early 60s and they did a lot of brake work. I didn't realize brakes were made with asbestos.
I worked for pop's construction company and we did quite a bit of demolition. I knew there was some insulation with asbestos, but it was also in drywall and joint compound.
And it's still around. I didn't realize that. It wasn't outlawed till the late 70s/1980 and lots of buildings are still standing with asbestos building materials. Apparently, as long as it's encapsulated it's not an issue.
From my googlefoo, the latency period is 20 years to 60 years, with the average being 40 years. The demographic affect (mostly) are those who worked in the industry. Mining the material, manufacture of insulation, brakes, etc. And ~20% of those workers were adversely affected.
"Prolonged exposure" is a term researchers use.
It's sort of like sunshine in that, when baby boomers were young, we didn't even think about the potential for harm.
more people are killed walking aross the street... js...
across*
Thank you.
True. The north tower had it almost all the way up but only halfway for the south tower . Saw it on a show that talked to an architect.
Supposedly the terrorist studied the blueprints after the underground bombing failed in the 90s. They knew where to aim the planes.
But that was just his opinion if I remember correctly.
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