Marcus,
You are right, we do need to look beyond ourselves on things such as
this and although I made light of it in another post, I have also been
touched by the stuff. The maufacture and handling is the best reason to
kill its use. There is no way to work with asbestos without exposing
yourself to its dangers!
Jim Bounds www.gmccoop.com
>
> >
> > Did you know that more people died from swallowing toothpicks last
> > year than died from asbestos related deaths. Sounds to me like we
> > better do something about toothpicks. Just thought you would
> > like to know.
> >
> > Take Care
> > Arch
> Ok:
>
> This is getting off topic, but my wife takes asbestos very seriously.
> Although I agree the EPA may seem fickle about it's use, the seriousness
> is the production facility wher the products are made, the brake shop
> where the grunts are exposed on a daily basis. Her father worked as a
> boiler engineer at Kodak during the 40's thru the 80's. Came into a low
> to moderate (not heavy at all and not on a daily basis) contact with
> asbestos as was common at that time. He smoked until the mid 60's, but
> quit cold turkey in 65. He was a healthy, slim, strong man who retired
> at 65 from Kodak. 3 years later he was coughing up blood and was
> diagnosed with asbestosis in his lungs, he was dead within 18 months.
> The autopsy showed no other medical problems. The constant low level
> exposure to asbestos killed him. So, a few brakes with asbestos shoes
> will not cause a big problem to the general population, but it is the
> people that make them, service them and in general come into much
> greater contact than you or I on a daily basis that pay the price. Yes,
> they could all wear some high tech protective clothing, but that would
> drive the price of production way to high and the low cost substitue
> that we all use now would be what was sold.
>
> OK, off my soap box, but sometimes you have to look a little past your
> evryday life to get to the reallity of a regulation. I used to think
> the same way until I expressed my opinion one day and got chastised by
> my wife for about 2 weeks.
>
> Marcus
You are right, we do need to look beyond ourselves on things such as
this and although I made light of it in another post, I have also been
touched by the stuff. The maufacture and handling is the best reason to
kill its use. There is no way to work with asbestos without exposing
yourself to its dangers!
Jim Bounds www.gmccoop.com
>
> >
> > Did you know that more people died from swallowing toothpicks last
> > year than died from asbestos related deaths. Sounds to me like we
> > better do something about toothpicks. Just thought you would
> > like to know.
> >
> > Take Care
> > Arch
> Ok:
>
> This is getting off topic, but my wife takes asbestos very seriously.
> Although I agree the EPA may seem fickle about it's use, the seriousness
> is the production facility wher the products are made, the brake shop
> where the grunts are exposed on a daily basis. Her father worked as a
> boiler engineer at Kodak during the 40's thru the 80's. Came into a low
> to moderate (not heavy at all and not on a daily basis) contact with
> asbestos as was common at that time. He smoked until the mid 60's, but
> quit cold turkey in 65. He was a healthy, slim, strong man who retired
> at 65 from Kodak. 3 years later he was coughing up blood and was
> diagnosed with asbestosis in his lungs, he was dead within 18 months.
> The autopsy showed no other medical problems. The constant low level
> exposure to asbestos killed him. So, a few brakes with asbestos shoes
> will not cause a big problem to the general population, but it is the
> people that make them, service them and in general come into much
> greater contact than you or I on a daily basis that pay the price. Yes,
> they could all wear some high tech protective clothing, but that would
> drive the price of production way to high and the low cost substitue
> that we all use now would be what was sold.
>
> OK, off my soap box, but sometimes you have to look a little past your
> evryday life to get to the reallity of a regulation. I used to think
> the same way until I expressed my opinion one day and got chastised by
> my wife for about 2 weeks.
>
> Marcus
