Are You Kidding Me?
So I was perusing the internets earlier today and somehow or another stumble upon this story, Asbestos Banned By Senate.
Ummm, yeah, am I the only one who thought Asbestos was banned in the 60’s or 70’s. Up until this point I was not too familiar with Asbestos. Pretty much all I knew was that it was toxic/deadly and if they found any in your house during say a remodel they pretty go all ‘clean suits’ on it to get it out.
I did realize how insidious a killer it is or how irresponsible our gov’t and the corporations who peddled it were. Mind you it it still not ‘officially’ banned. It only passed the House.
The worst affliction from asbestos is called Mesothelioma. It mostly strikes asbestos mine workers, boilermakers and a few other occupations. It lies in wait for nearly 30 years or more before it kills. The worst part is family members can become sick from the second had exposure. We are literally talking wife does the laundry, 30 years later. BAM!
I grew up in a town that had the water wells poisoned by a local company a lot of kids died because of it. Apparently, a similar situation was discovered not too long ago involving asbestos and it has been called the worst environmental incident in history. Like the story on my town, there is a book.
What is the morale of the story? I am not sure there is one yet.