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Old 21-05-2010, 09:30   #8
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Re: Asbestos

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
just wondering , Has any research been done on how many thousands have died across the country from asbestosis, through living in the post war prefabs ,(probably same stuff as Yolanda's shed roof) seems to me thousands of kids and their parent were exposed to the nasty stuff . How much has HBC paid out in damages for exposing its citizens to the nasty stuff ?
Its not that long Eric since they outlawed asbestos, relatively speaking, I was using it in the late seventies, although there were directives to use masks when cutting it up, don't know exactly when it was outlawed must have been early eighties
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