Congressman’s Widow Urges Senate to Ban Asbestos

March 5, 2007

  • March 5, 2007 at 2:49 am
    Wondering says:
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    How many will die from fires if asbestos is banned? There is a trade off for everything.

  • March 5, 2007 at 4:25 am
    All of a sudden says:
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    She probably didn\’t care about asbestos until it struck close to home. She obviously doesn\’t read legislation that has passed. Maybe one of those TV lawyers can help her.

  • March 6, 2007 at 1:53 am
    gs says:
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    Both my father and brother worked in the construction field for years. My father died in 1996 after 4 fights with cancer. My brother died last September after the doctors found stage 4 cancer in January.
    Both died of cancer caused by asbestos. I\’m sure that something can be used to fireproof buildings without jeopardizing the lives of people working in them. I really don\’t think it is something anyone is doing all of the sudden. People have been fighting for years for asbestos to be removed. Anyone heard of the town in Montana that still manufactures asbestos and sends the product to third world countries as humitarian aide? The death rate in this town is some astronomical amount. Of course we have no idea what is going on in the third world countries. None of us know if we have lived, worked or went to school in a building inhabited with asbestos. Who knows what will happen with any of us in the future because this product.

  • March 6, 2007 at 3:09 am
    Johnny B. says:
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    Isn\’t asbestos a naturally occurring element? How can we ban that? People are exposed to this substance on a daily basis (provided they live/work/play) near a natural deposit of asbestos.

  • March 9, 2007 at 10:44 am
    GG says:
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    Asbestos is a mineral, not an \”element.\” Just like other minerals, there are deposits located in various places, and California and Montana seem to be the only two in the USA; thanks to its resilient nature and the use of asbestos-containing products, there is an ambient level of asbestos fibers in the air throughout the entire United States. The more it is used, the higher that ambient level becomes. Bans will decrease the use, thereby decreasing the risk.

  • March 9, 2007 at 10:47 am
    gg says:
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    Didn\’t seem to help in the World Trade Center. There are alternatives, and there are now sprinkler systems.

    Maybe you need to check out where asbestos was used and what products it is still used in. It\’s cheap,so industry likes the profit margin.



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