New Posts For Thread: Asbestos - LBC nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-nowPresent in 80% of schools.Also in a high percentage of hospitals (didn't catch the figure).*news storyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558782003#558782003*news storyTue, 04 Feb 2020 14:21:45 -0600Indeed.I do remember the issue being raised circa 1975. It must have been a fairly big new story because I was only about nine years old.Asbestos wasn't banned in new buildings until 1999.Slippy - I thought of you when I started this thread. A tragehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558781981#558781981Indeed.I do remember the issue being raised circa 1975. It must have been a fairly big new story because I was only about nine years old.Asbestos wasn't banned in new buildings until 1999.Slippy - I thought of you when I started this thread. A trageTue, 04 Feb 2020 14:18:21 -0600The dangers of asbestos causing death were publicised in 1924.Yet the stink about it didn't erupt until a television programme in the 1990s about the high numbers of deaths in the industry, vigorously defended by the company in question.They'd knownhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558781659#558781659The dangers of asbestos causing death were publicised in 1924.Yet the stink about it didn't erupt until a television programme in the 1990s about the high numbers of deaths in the industry, vigorously defended by the company in question.They'd knownTue, 04 Feb 2020 13:25:47 -0600My Dad was a builder/property developer all his adult life, mesothelioma killed him aged 59. It was an horrific experience for him and all his family to have gone through. Such an evil wicked disease.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780939#558780939My Dad was a builder/property developer all his adult life, mesothelioma killed him aged 59. It was an horrific experience for him and all his family to have gone through. Such an evil wicked disease.Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:16:20 -0600It has been mentioned during the hour that there is a higher incidence of mesothelioma in teachers.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780525#558780525It has been mentioned during the hour that there is a higher incidence of mesothelioma in teachers.Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:52:39 -0600In school, a few years ago, I enjoyed woodwork, a little more than Algebra and Latin....Having done some very basic cutting, planing M&T joints etc; the first project was to make an Iron Stand....(not a stand made of iron, but a stand for an iron)!Thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780511#558780511In school, a few years ago, I enjoyed woodwork, a little more than Algebra and Latin....Having done some very basic cutting, planing M&T joints etc; the first project was to make an Iron Stand....(not a stand made of iron, but a stand for an iron)!ThTue, 04 Feb 2020 09:49:17 -0600We have the highest mortality rate in the world from asbestos-related diseases.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780437#558780437We have the highest mortality rate in the world from asbestos-related diseases.Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:30:24 -0600I know that it is safe unless disturbed but I always wondered if sticking a drawing pin into a wall would cause a problem. (A common occurrence in schools.)The guest speaker just mentioned this and confirmed it would be an issue.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780381#558780381I know that it is safe unless disturbed but I always wondered if sticking a drawing pin into a wall would cause a problem. (A common occurrence in schools.)The guest speaker just mentioned this and confirmed it would be an issue.Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:19:08 -0600The law in this country regarding asbestos isn't as strict as in other European countries.Where's the EU when you need them?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780351#558780351The law in this country regarding asbestos isn't as strict as in other European countries.Where's the EU when you need them?Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:13:22 -0600Present in 80% of schools.Also in a high percentage of hospitals (didn't catch the figure).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31619489/asbestos---lbc-now?post_id=558780329#558780329Present in 80% of schools.Also in a high percentage of hospitals (didn't catch the figure).Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:08:59 -0600