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    Asbestosis - The True Killer of 9/11?

    I was reminded about the twin towers in another thread and it occurred to me that they were built pretty much during the height of when Asbestos was considered the new wonder building material.

    I found a link about it and it makes for some worrying reading...

    Does anyone know anything more about this as I've just had to do some research on asbestosis and it is not a pretty way to go...
    Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?
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    No, the terrorists were pretty much the true killers.
    In da butt.
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      Nah, it was defineatly the planes....

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        It was the squibs! THE SQUIBS, I TELLS YA!!!!

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          Re: Asbestosis - The True Killer of 9/11?

          Originally posted by MOBIUS
          I was reminded about the twin towers in another thread and it occurred to me that they were built pretty much during the height of when Asbestos was considered the new wonder building material.

          I found a link about it and it makes for some worrying reading...

          Does anyone know anything more about this as I've just had to do some research on asbestosis and it is not a pretty way to go...
          Very true. Much worse than the perception of a burning collapsing twin towers, with people jumping out windows.



          Seriously, it is bad. All buildings should be stripped of it.
          Lining with it was awful. Get in the pores.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Pekka
            No, the terrorists were pretty much the true killers.
            Insofar as they set off the chain of events, yes...

            However people won't know if they have been exposed to a lethal dose of asbestos for 15-20 years and it is invariably fatal. So the question is, was asbestos prevalent as dust in the atmosphere in lethal doses when you consider 5,000 tons of the stuff war blown up in a fairly concentrated area?
            Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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            • #7
              MOBIUS, you're a long-time crack user, aren't you?
              A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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              • #8
                Well, the leading cause of asbestos related illnesses are caused by asbestos removal efforts so you likely have a point.

                Thing is: what do you reasonably expect anybody to do about it? Sue the bombers?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by MrFun
                  MOBIUS, you're a long-time crack user, aren't you?
                  He must be, look at the typo in his location field!! Loos like a 3 year old has just played the drums on his keyboard!

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                  • #10
                    Asbestos is very fire retardant so you have to have that into consideration, if it held off the collapse of the towers for a while then it saved lives. However, everyone who was around the wreckage should probably stop smoking.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by JohnT
                      Well, the leading cause of asbestos related illnesses are caused by asbestos removal efforts so you likely have a point.
                      Quite the irony that fact, don't you think...

                      Thing is: what do you reasonably expect anybody to do about it? Sue the bombers?
                      Nothing unfortunately...
                      Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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                      • #12
                        Why does asbestos hate freedom?
                        It's candy. Surely there are more important things the NAACP could be boycotting. If the candy were shaped like a burning cross or a black man made of regular chocolate being dragged behind a truck made of white chocolate I could understand the outrage and would share it. - Drosedars

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                        • #13
                          Because it hates America?
                          Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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                          • #14
                            If asbestos isn't with us, then it's against us!

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                            • #15
                              Asbestos is stupid! Throw rocks at it!
                              What?

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