The last year of asbestos brake linings? I think they never stopped. Today, when you are offered a choice of "organic" or "semi-metallic" linings.... aren't the "organic" ones made from asbestos?
Yep, sure do...right here in little old Marysville, OH...OM Scott & Sons (Scotts Lawn Fertilizer)...they used vermiculite as the basis to attach the fertilizer to for many years. No longer used, but there have been many cases here with older workers having cancer caused by the vermiculite. There was a series in the Columbus Dispatch last year on this issue. In that article they discussed WR Grace if I'm not mistaken. Just when you thought you were safe...you can't even fertilize your grass.:moonu:
AND, if you go to the beach........beach sand contains some asbestos........now whatcha gonna do... john
Like everything in life it is the degree of risk( a/k/a increased risk) and in some cases the knowledge of it. Asbestos, a mineral, does occur naturally and to be sure an occasional fiber is inhaled and ingested. The is no question however but that increased environmental exposure such as a say a steamfitter has working on older piping dramatically increases the risk of asbetosis developing over time. Now the special fiber that causes meso creates an even greater risk upon exposure but thank the Lord it is not as common . Also in terms of exposure through products to the fiber causing meso (or asbestosis) you would expect the unfortunate individual to have been entitled to first know the risk , in this case premature death, of the exposure or the fact they have been exposed before they be deemed to have assumed it.
i wonder how fiberglass compairs to asbestos? i know that asbestos on a micoscopic level is a fine brittle shaft with barbs all pointed in one direction so the shaft has no choice but to "go" in one direction. doesnt fiberglass do the same thing? now where are you going to hide? how many of us have sanded bondo without a mask?:spank:
