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Old 09-28-2012, 08:41 AM
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The asbestos issues are all liability lawyer driven nowadays, your guys, companies that never sold it are being sued by people who never used it.

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Old 09-28-2012, 08:44 AM
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The asbestos issues are all liability lawyer driven nowadays, your guys, companies that never sold it are being sued by people who never used it.

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Careful, Pete. Your cynicism is about to bump into my grief.

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Old 09-28-2012, 08:48 AM
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Sccccchreeeeeeech - CRASH!!



I'm in insulation. The landscape is littered by asbestos fallout.

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Old 09-28-2012, 09:05 AM
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I'm in insulation. The landscape is littered by asbestos fallout.

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So was my aunt. She was a secretary in the offices of an insulation contractor. That was enough exposure.

Her suit was THE test case and blew the lid off a secret your industry kept quiet since the 1930s.

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Old 09-28-2012, 09:13 AM
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Oh I'm not saying asbestos wasn't bad, not at all. It only takes 1 fiber.

I am sorry about your aunt. Link is 404 fyi.

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Old 09-28-2012, 09:31 AM
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Oh I'm not saying asbestos wasn't bad, not at all. It only takes 1 fiber.

I am sorry about your aunt. Link is 404 fyi.

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Fixed now.

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