[cb]

Well, the truth is you can inhale american asbestos which is the only kind ever used here.

I took a geology course 2 years ago. The textbook had one of these full page inserts explaining that the scientific facts are that american asbestos has never caused any harm whatsoever and that all the money spent on asbestos removal had been wasted.

I kept waiting for the public announcement.....like the 9/11 commission though it seems to be headed for a coverup.

[Cricket24]

These asbestos removal companies milked all this BIG TIME!! All the school districts paid out enormous sums of money to have it removed. Had to raise taxes too....of course the taxes never came down again!!

[maryz]

I saw an article in American Spectator about asbestos. IIRC it said that there are two types of asbestos. One has straight fibers and is relatively harmless, and the other has curly fibers, which are likely to do harm. I believe it said the curly type is also more expensive, so is unlikely to be used unless there's a good reason why it's required. I couldn't imagine why this hadn't come up in every discussion of asbestos.

[Redbob]

"american asbestos has never caused any harm whatsoever..."

You'd have a hard time explaining that to the hundreds of Johns-Manville employees who have died of mesothelioma, an extraordinarily rare form of cancer that only seems to afflict those exposed to asbestos.

What's going on in the courtroom, however, has nothing to do with actual asbestos-related dieases, and everything to do with lawyer-instigated fraud.