My grandfather worked in an asbestos manufacturing plant. A few years after he retired he developed a rare cancer of the spinal cord. He lived three months after finding out he had it. RIP George Patrick Coppedge
Cigaretts are Just as dangerous. My dad at 44 years old went to see a doctor because of a bad cough, learned he had lung cancer because of Winston cigaretts. He Too died in 3 months. 1972
Sorry to hear that Mike. My dad's just been diagnosed with asbestos related lung disease. We wr heating engineers and used to eat the shit on an almost daily basis. Here we are 30 year later and it's got him. Profits over people eh ... Disgrace. Take care.
I am a retired Royal Navy aircraft fire fighter. We wore asbestos covered helmets and gloves to rescue crashed aircrew. Many of my friends have asbestosis or pleaural plaques caused by these helmets. Once it became public knowledge, these helmets disappeared virtually overnight.
Rod Fearnley My dad was in the Uss Chicago in ww2.... He has plural plaque In Both lungs He’s lucky to be alive Gonna be 94 soon Albeit missing 20% of one lung from this
My grandfather worked with powdered asbestos for years when he was younger, people were practically rolling in it. Not surprisingly everyone he knew there died many years ago from asbestos related diseases. My grandfather’s nearly 80 now and still going strong with only minor scaring on his lungs. He is very lucky but has always told me about the dangers of the stuff. If you work in an industry that still works around asbestos, don’t be embarrassed dressing up in full protective equipment because the ones laughing at you for looking silly won’t be laughing when it’s them on their deathbed and wishing they done the same. This stuff isn’t a joke and lingers in the air for longer than most fibers as they are that fine, they get caught on your clothes also so if you feel you’ve been in contact with asbestos fibers get rid of them clothes and don’t take them home otherwise your family will be paying the price later in life too.
Thank you for staring this..... I use it in my role as a safety trainer during our Asbestos Awareness courses. this video segment ALWAYS gets the trainees attention!
Horrible that they even allowed it to be used for almost a hundred years after they knew it was a deadly material. My moms house was built with asbestos around the heating ducts, as glue behind mirrors, and underneath the piss yellow linoleum that was in the bathrooms and the fugly heavy texture acoustic ceilings that were there. I bet there's still some in her house. Including the rest of the neighborhood where people are disturbing every time they do some sort of remodel. Even though it was banned in 1978 for use in building, it still remains a problem in many older buildings. Our government needs to put in place a program that makes it free to have that asbestos crap removed professionally.
Gamepro3093 Nick Kulstad It's best if it is not removed from buildings because if ever these get removed by breaking and pulling chances are that more dust will be released into the air and drift towards adjacent properties and homes, affecting those who breathe it, especially if the removal of the material is done on windy days. Asbestos material is harmless once it is installed in buildings, as long as it is not disturbed, not even nailing a wall to hang a picture frame should be done. Asbestos is a non disolving material, a type of thin glass fibre that, once inhaled, it cannot be removed by coughing it out. The dust is so fine and as sharp as needles that wedge on the walls of the alveoles in the lungs, pricking the walls and cause a mucus to seep out and choking the alveoli from getting oxygen, causing irritation ad coughing. When you have breathed too much of this evil dust it 'wedges' inside each alveoli and starts blocking them. Over the years you blamed smoking, you blamed car pollution, etc., but in reality nobody though that is was asbestos you breathed from somewhere. To get sick from asbestos you must breathe a lot and to breathe a lot you must be working in an asbestos factory, etc., unless you intentionally break a chunk of the evil 'wool' and breathe it close up. The title is right, 'Evil Dust'. Of course anything that is mined is cursed, even gold. In Australia there is a giant Dragon that every greedy pig wants. It's miles and miles of it, all within reach as it is a few centimeters to 100 or more meters under ground. It's called Uranium. Enough deposit to blow the world out of the Solar System. Guess who wants it? Of course those ever expanding and breeding Chinese who are never happy unless they buy all of Australia for themselves. I once though only dogs have fleas. Now I think this planet also has billions of destructive fleas of the human kind.
In a 100years imagine what will be banned and deemed dangerous now. Coal, plastic,iron rust, plaster board,fibre board, brick dust, list goes on and on.
DreamsIntoReality if you’re exposed to that much asbestos you’re already doomed. Smoking or not, asbestos is permanent in the lungs. I guess you’d be the one trying to eat as healthy as possible when the clock is ticking? That won’t help jack shit with a carcinogen like asbestos.
cguy The purpose of many Insurance companies is to collect from many and pay out to very few. Profit before people. Those CEO salaries are not going to pay themselves.
It causes more than JUST asbestosis, the number of asbestosis cases compared to the total number of people exposed to asbestos is very small and there's workers who worked daily with t he stuff who didn't get asbestosis, but plenty of people have various unexplained cancers, pancreatic cancer, cancer of the bladder and prostate like a childhood friend of mine in this 50s has battled the last few years with, they had to remove his prostate AND bladder. Women who used various feminine talc powders have also come down not with lung diseases from dust, but ovarian and urinary tract cancers. So the asbestos gets in the body various ways and causes non lung cancers too. W.R.Grace shipped millions of tons of their contaminated attic insulation all over the country and beyond, every train carrying the stuff was contaminated as were every truck hardware store that moved/sold the paper bags of insulation to consumers to take home and dump in their attics. So every customer's car, clothes, homes, carpeting, upholstered furniture were also contaminated. So probably there is almost no one who hasnt been exposed in some form to some degree. So what did W.R Grace do when the shit hit the fan? why of course they did the American way of business- they filed for BANKRUPTCY protection and dumped the whole mess on others to clean up, re-organized as a "new" company and they are still in business today. Owens-corning, Johns-Manville- all the same crap doing the same things.
I have no doubt the fiberglass wool insulation will be the next asbestos, Owens-corning etc claiming the GLASS fibers if they get in the lungs "break down" when was the last time you saw GLASS just disolve? they fail to remember there's 900 year old stained glass windows on cathedrals in Europe- glass does not just "break down" like paper or cardboard!
@@noidontthinksolol The needle like fibers get caught up in the digestive system! with so many getting stomach, pancreatic bladder and colon cancers- asbestos fibers is one contributor.
Thens of thousands of people die from cigarette smoking cancer, but that does not count. Phillip Morris and Co makes Billions of$$$$$$. Eliminating Asbestos did not hurt the pocket book.
Both my mother (a smoker) & her sister (non-smoker) passed away from mesothelioma.Mother born in 1934 & aunt in 1930 in Holland & both spending time in England in their youth it makes me wonder what they were exposed to ? My mother went first at age 56 & my aunt later at age 70. Asbestos was probably just as much around in Holland in the old days but one never knows ? However, their parents lived to be 88 & 93. May you both rest in peace.
The biggest danger today is disturbing hidden asbestos. I've been unfortunate enough to tear into plastered over asbestos insulation board before that had been nailed over the top of lath and plaster. From the loft I thought I was dealing with lath and plaster only. The stuff is lethal and prevalent even if you would never intentionally have contact with it. I've had similar instances with pvc soft boards mounted over asbestos and plasterboard over it in garadge roofs. These days I try to look very carefully before I drill and always wear a respirator even if I'm almost certain I'm just drilling plasterboard.
I remember an interactive exhibit in The Museum of Science and Industry in the 50s. One turned a crank to a glass cabinet where a piece on asbestos moved over a flame and would not burn. The exhibit was labeled "The Magic Mineral". Last month a school was torn down near me because of asbestos in the ceiling tiles.
My Father worked at General Electric where they used asbestos in the lining of electric cables. Decades later he developed the cancer and was gone in 6 months!
Workers at the General Electric (GE) plant in Peterborough, Ontario were exposed to a range of toxic chemicals from 1945 to 2000, including asbestos, arsenic, vinyl chloride, beryllium, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene (TCE), polychlorinated biphenols, uranium and lead compounds, according to a new report released by Unifor, Canada’s largest union in the private sector. The document was presented to Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - an independent trust that administers compensation for workplaces - on 18 May.
I've been working haz- mat for 14 years! Asbestos,mercury, led and so on. Asbestos is our number one job. I've removed multiple thousands of yellow bags. All types of asbestos. We are very protected in our gear but I fear after 14 years my health is failing me..
I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory, and wouldn't you know it, the army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough.
@@chubeye1187 how can we escape and keep the current population going? Oil is in everything, including pavement, solvents plastic clothes phones it's everywhere And manufacturing things power grid transportation Only very hard choice can do it, I mean unspeakable choices
Still a problem where I work today, asbestos both disturbed and undisturbed is everywhere in the factory I work at, insufficient management of the asbestos still a problem.
My father wa forced to work in asbestos since he was 16. With no protection and no awareness. He died from cancer two years ago. It is sickening to know that the industry was aware of the danger for the very start.
Sorry to hear about your father... Makes me wonder... My old man worked as a mechanic in the 60-70-ties, brake pads an clutches were full off asbestos. He's pushing 78 years, and (fingers crossed) still going strong...
My grandfather in a small town in Georgia ( upson county ) use to ... Get a check every month for his asbestosis because he worked in the Mills as a child basically ....along with all my other dead family members ... And now I work around oil refinery's / welding etc and it's a major deal to deal with asbestos so at least someone has started to care
As a young lad I used an old gas mask with an old filter with asbestos in it. Literally found out today how dangerous this stuff is and I’m considering getting a scan on my lungs. Feel like such an idiot
Between WW2, universally accepted indoor cigarette smoking, smog, leaded fuel and asbestos dust, anyone from The Greatest Generation was lucky to make it to the other side of the hill, let alone age 50.
My Step Father was a Marine in WWII stationed in the South Pacific. He told me that as he waited for his orders in Hawaii he was aboard a couple of private vessels commandeered by the Navy and being retrofitted as troop transport ships. He said he spent a few months aboard these boats ripping out the interiors including tons of asbestos. He said they dumped everything overboard into the Pacific ocean. He fought the war, came home and lived out the rest of his life without any complications. He must have been one of the lucky ones.
We had a family in our street in the 60’s who (the husband & 2 sons) fixed those ‘beehive’ ladies hair dryers. All 3 men died of lung disease / cancers & the Wife & young daughter (who washed the men’s clothing they wore to work in) also does within a few years of the men. Nobody (as in officials) said anything and ‘we’ all thought at the time how sad it was, but that was it. The house & it’s (probably contaminated) contents were sold & that was that - life moved on. This story has been on my mind for 50years - really sad & if the family knew the dangers could have adopted safety procedures? (obviously not known then) they may have still been alive and future generations of that family would be here today ...... really saddens me tbh
its very scary to be reminded of how powerfull these greedy rich business men can be. If they can keep such a secret like this for many years, it makes you wonder what we are doing today that is just as dangerous to our health that we dont even know.
Certainly is an evil dust.. Not so dangerous if it is left untouched. But better to get it removed completely to ensure the health and safety of your family. Great Vid!
***** G'day Ritchie, if I had to do it, I would mask, overalls and a dust suppression system. Wrap all asbestos in plastic and take to an asbestos disposal landfill. So you see, if one knows what one is dealing with then one is prepared. How much do you charge?
it is extremely important on your part to get your home inspected and take proper care of yourself, if you are exposed to asbestos at workplace. Follow the right diet, consult a doctor if you experience any symptoms of respiratory ailment and do not ignore the minutest health issues. This in turn will ensure that you and your family are safe from the adverse effect of this hazardous element.
In the 1980s I sat on an asbestos awards jury...we awarded the worker. There were pictures of the worker pouring raw asbestos into a machine to turn it into a flame retardant cloth. Being on that jury, I did my homework...found that life insurance companies began to withdraw coverage for asbestos workers right after the turn of the last century...They knew that long ago.
Cremation makes you have no soul you can't visit the other realm when you have been burnt I'm pretty sure.. because where I go I've seen all my cats that been burried but mums cats that she cremated I've never seen them ever again . Cremation is a trick.
I worked with the stuff for 40 years. When we started we were given no PPE equipment. It was not untill the 90s that things started to change. Way to late for many.
You'd think these guys would be dead overnight with the amount of dust they've ben inhaling? I know it generally takes between 25 and 40 years to manifest, but how much does the average layman suck? These here are Industrial strength quantities!
@@seanhartnett79 its basicly everywhere, but the concentration varies. See it like air polution. We humans are good at destroying the earth and our selfs with industralisation of everything for money.
I worked at Ferodo brakes and there was 3" of asbestos dust on the lathes and the ceiling fans used to blow it around making it seem like it was snowing inside.
Funny how they didn't mention how much it was used in the automotive field. Brake dust. Millions of brake pads, all over the world.80 plus years. Asthma and many ailments increased without being recorded as such. We will be paying the price for decades to come.
I worked in asbestos removal for T.V.A . In the late 80s and early 90s ! I have been diagnosed with COPD but every time I bring up the fact I worked with the poison ☠️ with my doctor here in Tennessee I am dismissed 🤔 too hot to handle. I’m really disappointed in our system!!!!!!!
I removed asbestos for 7 years mid 1980s to early 90s I worked for my dad he owned a t.e.i. asbestos training employment Inc we was Epa approved training facility for asbestos removal we would also provide trained workers for other abatement companies if I got asbestosis or methaseemioma lung cancer it would be hard to file a lawsuit against my dad
That tells you alot about how the government feels.about their people! It's not like America, or Canada could even give a fuck less then the Russian federation though!
@@Bouzoukiellas Emotional Appeal? It's about a considerably poisonous substance that was knowingly sold to an ignorant public for goods and service for decades. How sociopathic do you have to be to attempt to handwave that as just being emotional?
This is really bad that they new this back so long ago. I just got a ducted heating flue removed today and i think the system was put in 1980. Im so scared that everywhere i might look i will find it.
I'm a Retired UA Steamfitter Welder...Worked all over in the Bay Area from 74/95 mostly Refinery's.... The Hall told us to Sue....So I did as most of the Hall did.... I've been Awarded about 85/90 Thousand and have got about 35 Grand from Different Company's...Now 2020 and I was still getting small checks In 2019....The biggest about 3,500.... I've had tests and X-rays and they say I have Asbestos but that depends on who you Ask...The Lawyers have went after Harley for Brakes and Clutches...Car Brakes...You name it and they went after them.....Most of the Companies went Bankrupt but the checks keep coming and I'll take all I can get.....Some of those places looked like it was Snowing when they were Insulating and we Wore no kind of Protection....The Lawyer's even want to get your Wife and Kids in on the Law Suits because we would bring it home in our Cars.. Into the house and the Wife would wash our Clothes....It's Still out there in A'lot of old Building's....LOOK OUT
@@owenz1945 Oh, it'll make your blood boil! Has snail darters and all matters of stuff that's been made up or invented. Another one is 'Operation Paperclip' where all the WW-2 death camp scientists' were paid to come over here so we could profit from their 'research'. We've been HAD!
My high school was cheaply made. The metal ceiling was coated with asbestos. Each year we received a memo saying the levels in the air, or there were no levels, I can’t remember, were acceptable.
Hi, I used to live in Australia and I used to be taught about this in school. I haven’t been there in 4 years now and this brought be back to my childhood. Thanks
You will still find asbestos used in many of today's "modern products" Fireproof Doors, Stage curtains, and clothing ...YES clothing at least in the US has not been banned....even now in 2020.
My grandpa used to spray it as insulation in newly constructed buildings. He would show up home covered in white dust. All they gave him was a bandana to cover his mouth. He died from it. Lungs were full of that dust. He was a World War 1 veteran. It was a bad death. Painful way to go. ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
I went through asbestos abatement training years ago. Our class instructor was a former army officer. Several items caught my attention that she brought up. ALL ailments where an individual is shown to have had past exposure to asbestos can be, and usually are instantly attributed to asbestos. There is no scientific explanation of how or if asbestos is actually harmful. There is no known minimum/maximum level of asbestos exposure that can be verified as dangerous/not dangerous. So it is listed as ANY exposure is "dangerous". ALL lung related medical conditions where asbestos is known to have been inhaled in the past no matter what the level of exposure is called asbestosis. All lung cancers where the individual was exposed to asbestos is blamed on asbestos. Most (all) cases of lung cancer where the individual smoked cigarettes and died of lung cancer due to heavy smoking, and had been exposed to asbestos in some level, was diagnosed as lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure instead of what it was. Lung cancer caused by smoking. My instructor also stated (at that time, and occasionally it rears its ugly head) that fiberglass/production and use would eventually also be treated on the same level as asbestos. Bonus material: The Space Shuttle was well known for its thousands of silica tiles on the underside used to protect the spacecraft from the heat of entering the earth's atmosphere. What is less well known is that the Space Shuttle also used heat resisting blankets attached to the sides of the fuselage surrounding the cockpit and some areas of the OMS structure. Publications from NASA only state that the blanket material as being "mineral based". -Asbestos
@@4468861989 It still holds true. The main argument being that at the time asbestos was becoming "dangerous", the first effects of cigarette smoking (lung cancer) was being revealed. Cigarette smoking was much more prevalent in the US and the cigarette industry funded the studies against the asbestos industry, effectively killing it. Any study that states that 100 percent, (fill in the blank) causes cancer, should be considered suspect. Many "causes" of cancer are not necessarily so. I'm sure you are aware that people develop lung cancer with no exposure to either cigarettes or asbestos. People who have been lifelong smokers have never developed lung cancer. If smoking CAUSES cancer conclusively, it would be banned. But smoking does not cause cancer anymore than anything. People can have higher potential of developing cancers or other illnesses from exposure to any or all substances. Including radioactive. But many people who were, survived and lived full lives. Scientists, even those who have conducted quality studies, cannot explain what definitively causes cancer. Anymore than they can say asbestos or smoking causes it. The cause of cancer is cancer. Science cannot determine its trigger in biological subjects. When they can, they'll find the cure.
@@PhilipMReeder by that logic alcohol would be banned, it causes death. But you cannot ban something people like, yes some people will get lucky and not get cancer.
yes, cause that what men were expected to do for their job. Most industrial jobs had real "this will kill you" hazards. PPE, guards, were not the norm.
Some men are so tough, they don't need hard hats on building sites cuz they've never had anything fall on their head and they don't need to wear seat belts in cars cuz they have never been through a windscreen! There you go shows what a waste of time those things are! Besides, could get hit by a bus tomorrow!
Turner brothers are a great example of the attitude that permeated throughout ownerships of many if not all industries. If not for reasonable medical, Industrial hygienist’s, and Unions many more families would have been wiped out.
I know I've been exposed as my father owned and operated a boiler repair and installation contracting company ,he actually died from fibrosis and stenosis related to exposure , I need to be screened , I started working with it at 14 yrs old
The old house i used to live in (farmhouse original foundation built around 1920, additions added in '52, '68, '74, '78) had exterior asbestos shingles and millboard in the cooking area among other places im sure. I had a desk next to where the range used to be (upstairs was an apartment in the 60s and 70s) and was just sitting there reading the paper that was glued to it, explaining the uses for those asbestos millboards dated early 50s around time of first addition/remodel. Scary stuff to find out for sure.
Fiberglass has the same effect. Cutting PVC plumbing pipes, sanding down Duraglass while working on a boat, or in a body shop. It has the same effect. Sharp microfibers cut the internals of ones lungs, thereby creating scar tissue. End result: mesothelioma.
swingmanic not in its production. Only accidental or unavoidable deaths. There is no excuse for hiding the dangers from workers. Still, a complete picture requires an accounting of benefits and not just the harm caused.
My friend's job was to vacuum up refractory bricks inside giant furnaces under maintenance shut-down, he said he could see the crystals throughout the air, he passed away from a cancerous lesion of the esophagus
All our lifes we have walked and lived on and by roads, millions of vehicles have past by every one fitted with brake shoes and clutch plates. Every time they stop or pull away they wear a little off, so all our lifes we have been exposed to this and much else besides, it pays not to dwell on it.
I remember (years ago) I was helping my brother with something in his old apartment basement. I look up and i see a big ass water pipe lined with asbestos. I was petrified and planned on calling the appropriate authorities on his landlord for renting a building (with asbestos) to people but he didn't stay long there and hasn't been in the basment afterwards. So i never reported the women. But hopefully that issue will be corrected in the future.
My dad worked in an asbestos contaminated factory when he was young he's 90 now. He has asbestoses but didn't develop the cancer . . is that genetic ? I wish I knew
Treat it and handle it and work on it as if you are working with highly irradiated nuclear fuel rods. The work area has to have tunnel suits, glove boxes, airtight suits and air locks that decontaminates itself after you enter and decontaminates both you and itself before you exit. Asbestos substitute is wollastonite, a kind of fibrous powder but it is made out of calcium silicates, CaSiO3
Are there more people who died from asbestos or fire? To this day, man has never found an adequate replacement for asbestos. It's the best fire retardant ever invented. Like most things, there is a trade off.
Or because they thought they were helping people live safer lives with a miracle material.... Maybe you have a bit of an agenda? Read much Marx lately?
What a waste of a little Standard 8. A company in West Yorkshire BBA, British Belting & Asbestos, turned out products for the car industry, brakes and all sorts of mouldings. Given how widespread it’s use was, it’s amazing there weren’t many many more deaths.
IV just watched a video of some lads urban explorer type vid in Rochdale turner factory and in the factory u could still see dust particles everywhere in front of camera it's crazy that it's not secure and any kid or kids could get in and be contaminated maybe even take it home on there clothes , think of all the asbestos garages in every back garden , Rochdale's Chernobyl
There was a massive factory in Rochdale everyone who worked there is dead the brought it in from Liverpool docks on trains and roads it's a tickingtime bomb!
In my old school the basement was covered in asbestos, that's the only reason it's not torn down yet. The janitor had to wear a gas mask to go down there.
redhead5150 If you remove it, you would be wearing protective gear so I don't understand why you think you'll be lucky to make 70. If you take all the precautions and wear the appropriate over-garment protection and mask protection, you should be no worse than any other citizen.
If your getting your roof replaced avoid Ailsa Building Ltd at all costs , Walked out my door today and the was about 3-4 guys on the scaffolding above me dancing n singing to the radio and one guy brushed a pile of asbestos on top of my head , A was like WTF! There 3-4 you's on the roof can one of you's not watch for people coming out there door , And he started laughing , No warning no signs , Health and saftey hazardous , You think they would dispose of hazard materials in a safer manner instead of brushing it on the path way for everyone to walk it into there House's
The term I'd use to describe asbestos is insidious. First came the pleural thickening, then asbestosis and finally mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is the lottery that no one wants to win. Three or four thousand people die each year from the ravaging effects of mesothelioma in The United States. The disease can incubate for _decades_ . My father was exposed to asbestos in the early-'50s right through the early-'80s when industry finally started to wise up and feel the pressures of litigation. Absent that lengthy exposure to asbestos I'm reasonably sure my father would be looking to celebrate his 85th birthday in less than two weeks. Attaining the age of 85 is not unheard of in the present day.
My grandfather worked in an asbestos manufacturing plant. A few years after he retired he developed a rare cancer of the spinal cord. He lived three months after finding out he had it.
RIP George Patrick Coppedge
Was his spinal cord open to the air?
valleyboy you need some help
Cigaretts are Just as dangerous. My dad at 44 years old went to see a doctor because of a bad cough, learned he had lung cancer because of Winston cigaretts. He Too died in 3 months. 1972
@@valleyboy2099 so what are you trying to imply?
Sorry to hear that Mike. My dad's just been diagnosed with asbestos related lung disease. We wr heating engineers and used to eat the shit on an almost daily basis. Here we are 30 year later and it's got him. Profits over people eh ... Disgrace. Take care.
I am a retired Royal Navy aircraft fire fighter. We wore asbestos covered helmets and gloves to rescue crashed aircrew. Many of my friends have asbestosis or pleaural plaques caused by these helmets. Once it became public knowledge, these helmets disappeared virtually overnight.
Rod Fearnley
My dad was in the Uss Chicago in ww2....
He has plural plaque In Both lungs
He’s lucky to be alive
Gonna be 94 soon
Albeit missing 20% of one lung from this
marko cynamon , I wish your father well Marko.
@@markocynamon5921 the thing is at any age over 80 life goes down hill anyway and it’s not an enjoyment sorry for you family though
Godspeed, our country failed you and your brothers in arms. I apologize on our country’s behalf, lest this happen again.
@@markocynamon5921humanity failed you. I am sorry for your loss😢
Had to do a asbestos awareness course when I was an apprentice in electrics. 18 years later and this stuff still scares me 😕
My grandfather worked with powdered asbestos for years when he was younger, people were practically rolling in it. Not surprisingly everyone he knew there died many years ago from asbestos related diseases. My grandfather’s nearly 80 now and still going strong with only minor scaring on his lungs. He is very lucky but has always told me about the dangers of the stuff.
If you work in an industry that still works around asbestos, don’t be embarrassed dressing up in full protective equipment because the ones laughing at you for looking silly won’t be laughing when it’s them on their deathbed and wishing they done the same. This stuff isn’t a joke and lingers in the air for longer than most fibers as they are that fine, they get caught on your clothes also so if you feel you’ve been in contact with asbestos fibers get rid of them clothes and don’t take them home otherwise your family will be paying the price later in life too.
how can i get rid of the asbestos in an apartment after an company didn´t isolate the bathroom ?
Thank you for staring this..... I use it in my role as a safety trainer during our Asbestos Awareness courses. this video segment ALWAYS gets the trainees attention!
as long as profit is involved, the big shots want to sell it.
@Untrepid One If the stuff that I'd make the money on would result in thousands of deaths then my answer to your question would be no.
Greed is a powerful thing.
As long as profits are involved, the Big Shots will do anything and everything to continue to SELL!!!
Funny how the senior executives in big tobacco companies never smoked.
It dosen't hurt you at all unless you inhale lots of dust.
Horrible that they even allowed it to be used for almost a hundred years after they knew it was a deadly material. My moms house was built with asbestos around the heating ducts, as glue behind mirrors, and underneath the piss yellow linoleum that was in the bathrooms and the fugly heavy texture acoustic ceilings that were there. I bet there's still some in her house. Including the rest of the neighborhood where people are disturbing every time they do some sort of remodel. Even though it was banned in 1978 for use in building, it still remains a problem in many older buildings. Our government needs to put in place a program that makes it free to have that asbestos crap removed professionally.
you said it!
aka I agree
Agree. It was never banned is US, for the record. You didnt say where you were.
If left alone, it's safe. It's only when broken up into dust that's it's dangerous.
Gamepro3093 Nick Kulstad
It's best if it is not removed from buildings because if ever these get removed by breaking and pulling chances are that more dust will be released into the air and drift towards adjacent properties and homes, affecting those who breathe it, especially if the removal of the material is done on windy days. Asbestos material is harmless once it is installed in buildings, as long as it is not disturbed, not even nailing a wall to hang a picture frame should be done. Asbestos is a non disolving material, a type of thin glass fibre that, once inhaled, it cannot be removed by coughing it out. The dust is so fine and as sharp as needles that wedge on the walls of the alveoles in the lungs, pricking the walls and cause a mucus to seep out and choking the alveoli from getting oxygen, causing irritation ad coughing. When you have breathed too much of this evil dust it 'wedges' inside each alveoli and starts blocking them. Over the years you blamed smoking, you blamed car pollution, etc., but in reality nobody though that is was asbestos you breathed from somewhere. To get sick from asbestos you must breathe a lot and to breathe a lot you must be working in an asbestos factory, etc., unless you intentionally break a chunk of the evil 'wool' and breathe it close up. The title is right, 'Evil Dust'. Of course anything that is mined is cursed, even gold. In Australia there is a giant Dragon that every greedy pig wants. It's miles and miles of it, all within reach as it is a few centimeters to 100 or more meters under ground. It's called Uranium. Enough deposit to blow the world out of the Solar System. Guess who wants it? Of course those ever expanding and breeding Chinese who are never happy unless they buy all of Australia for themselves. I once though only dogs have fleas. Now I think this planet also has billions of destructive fleas of the human kind.
In a 100years imagine what will be banned and deemed dangerous now. Coal, plastic,iron rust, plaster board,fibre board, brick dust, list goes on and on.
Kev Hu celotex insulation. I believe will be the new asbestos of the future you physically can feel it even if a mask is worn
Rc 2018 I wear a chemical respirator when I work around fiberglass insulation and all kinds of other dust . My boss makes fun of me but I don’t care .
Farts
Don't forget dust from man made ceaser stone.
@@davidwellander6030 me too dude just a p2 mask
Let's take a break from the asbestos machines, go outside for a smoke!
Why not? You’re lungs are already permanently damaged from asbestos. There’s no reversing it
Hey are you saying that you will fuel the fire instead of extinguishing it? Yep you sound like a normal human being. Go on
DreamsIntoReality if you’re exposed to that much asbestos you’re already doomed. Smoking or not, asbestos is permanent in the lungs. I guess you’d be the one trying to eat as healthy as possible when the clock is ticking? That won’t help jack shit with a carcinogen like asbestos.
Why go outside, we can smoke while we work
@@26TptCoy yes, and inhale deeply! 😲
How nice of the insurance companies at 4:30 to deny asbestos workers claims as they are dying. Yet they tried to claim how safe it was.
cguy Remember how safe smoking used to be?
The insurance companies are in on this.
Steven Hickman you’re a moron.
DUPONT
cguy The purpose of many Insurance companies is to collect from many and pay out to very few. Profit before people. Those CEO salaries are not going to pay themselves.
I was having a beer with an old pal yesterday just diagnosed with asbestosis it still killing
Even in the production of beer back in the day they used asbestos filters to purify the beer.
It causes more than JUST asbestosis, the number of asbestosis cases compared to the total number of people exposed to asbestos is very small and there's workers who worked daily with t he stuff who didn't get asbestosis, but plenty of people have various unexplained cancers, pancreatic cancer, cancer of the bladder and prostate like a childhood friend of mine in this 50s has battled the last few years with, they had to remove his prostate AND bladder. Women who used various feminine talc powders have also come down not with lung diseases from dust, but ovarian and urinary tract cancers.
So the asbestos gets in the body various ways and causes non lung cancers too.
W.R.Grace shipped millions of tons of their contaminated attic insulation all over the country and beyond, every train carrying the stuff was contaminated as were every truck hardware store that moved/sold the paper bags of insulation to consumers to take home and dump in their attics. So every customer's car, clothes, homes, carpeting, upholstered furniture were also contaminated. So probably there is almost no one who hasnt been exposed in some form to some degree.
So what did W.R Grace do when the shit hit the fan? why of course they did the American way of business- they filed for BANKRUPTCY protection and dumped the whole mess on others to clean up, re-organized as a "new" company and they are still in business today.
Owens-corning, Johns-Manville- all the same crap doing the same things.
I have no doubt the fiberglass wool insulation will be the next asbestos, Owens-corning etc claiming the GLASS fibers if they get in the lungs "break down" when was the last time you saw GLASS just disolve? they fail to remember there's 900 year old stained glass windows on cathedrals in Europe- glass does not just "break down" like paper or cardboard!
@@noidontthinksolol The needle like fibers get caught up in the digestive system! with so many getting stomach, pancreatic bladder and colon cancers- asbestos fibers is one contributor.
Thens of thousands of people die from cigarette smoking cancer, but that does not count. Phillip Morris and Co makes Billions of$$$$$$. Eliminating Asbestos did not hurt the pocket book.
Both my mother (a smoker) & her sister (non-smoker) passed away from mesothelioma.Mother born in 1934 & aunt in 1930 in Holland & both spending time in England in their youth it makes me wonder what they were exposed to ? My mother went first at age 56 & my aunt later at age 70. Asbestos was probably just as much around in Holland in the old days but one never knows ? However, their parents lived to be 88 & 93. May you both rest in peace.
Your aunt must have been extremely unlucky, the odds of developing illness being a non smoker is hugely reduced
The biggest danger today is disturbing hidden asbestos.
I've been unfortunate enough to tear into plastered over asbestos insulation board before that had been nailed over the top of lath and plaster. From the loft I thought I was dealing with lath and plaster only.
The stuff is lethal and prevalent even if you would never intentionally have contact with it.
I've had similar instances with pvc soft boards mounted over asbestos and plasterboard over it in garadge roofs.
These days I try to look very carefully before I drill and always wear a respirator even if I'm almost certain I'm just drilling plasterboard.
I remember an interactive exhibit in The Museum of Science and Industry in the 50s. One turned a crank to a glass cabinet where a piece on asbestos moved over a flame and would not burn. The exhibit was labeled "The Magic Mineral". Last month a school was torn down near me because of asbestos in the ceiling tiles.
My Father worked at General Electric where they used asbestos in the lining of electric cables. Decades later he developed the cancer and was gone in 6 months!
SA-News how was it gone?
Abraham Alburez
You misunderstand. He means his father died of asbestosis, not that the cancer was gone.
@@AyeeBroTV He died in 6 months
My uncle was an electrician and died of the same thing.
Workers at the General Electric (GE) plant in Peterborough, Ontario were exposed to a range of toxic chemicals from 1945 to 2000, including asbestos, arsenic, vinyl chloride, beryllium, formaldehyde, trichloroethylene (TCE), polychlorinated biphenols, uranium and lead compounds, according to a new report released by Unifor, Canada’s largest union in the private sector. The document was presented to Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) - an independent trust that administers compensation for workplaces - on 18 May.
I've been working haz- mat for 14 years! Asbestos,mercury, led and so on. Asbestos is our number one job. I've removed multiple thousands of yellow bags. All types of asbestos. We are very protected in our gear but I fear after 14 years my health is failing me..
canadian patriot 😔rip
Welp..you roll the dice and pay the price. I'd bet dollars to donuts you smoke as well.
I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory, and wouldn't you know it, the army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough.
Smug Smugly Cousin Eddy!
Shameful how industry denied and hid their findings. Much like to tobacco industry too
andy thompson ALL in the name of MONEY & GREED from the chairman’s of these greedy companies !
Oil industry over global warming
Yeah tabacco would appear safe if someone didn't tell me,
I'm sure people know if they honest with them selves
@@chubeye1187 how can we escape and keep the current population going?
Oil is in everything, including pavement, solvents plastic clothes phones it's everywhere
And manufacturing things power grid transportation
Only very hard choice can do it, I mean unspeakable choices
Canada is still mining and exporting the chrysotile asbestos to the third world under the radar in massive scale!
Still a problem where I work today, asbestos both disturbed and undisturbed is everywhere in the factory I work at, insufficient management of the asbestos still a problem.
How about using blue asbestos in Kent cigarette filters?
George Kaplan Micronite!
Greed kills so many.
Only the working classes
@gaskan666 so does being a firefighter.
Greed kills so many just look at the last 100 years for what
Could you make a less original comment?
@@elonmust7470 Nope
My father wa forced to work in asbestos since he was 16. With no protection and no awareness. He died from cancer two years ago. It is sickening to know that the industry was aware of the danger for the very start.
Sorry to hear about your father...
Makes me wonder...
My old man worked as a mechanic in the 60-70-ties, brake pads an clutches were full off asbestos. He's pushing 78 years, and (fingers crossed) still going strong...
@ 67
My grandfather in a small town in Georgia ( upson county ) use to ... Get a check every month for his asbestosis because he worked in the Mills as a child basically ....along with all my other dead family members ... And now I work around oil refinery's / welding etc and it's a major deal to deal with asbestos so at least someone has started to care
As a young lad I used an old gas mask with an old filter with asbestos in it. Literally found out today how dangerous this stuff is and I’m considering getting a scan on my lungs. Feel like such an idiot
Between WW2, universally accepted indoor cigarette smoking, smog, leaded fuel and asbestos dust, anyone from The Greatest Generation was lucky to make it to the other side of the hill, let alone age 50.
My Step Father was a Marine in WWII stationed in the South Pacific. He told me that as he waited for his orders in Hawaii he was aboard a couple of private vessels commandeered by the Navy and being retrofitted as troop transport ships. He said he spent a few months aboard these boats ripping out the interiors including tons of asbestos. He said they dumped everything overboard into the Pacific ocean. He fought the war, came home and lived out the rest of his life without any complications. He must have been one of the lucky ones.
the water saved him :)
We had a family in our street in the 60’s who (the husband & 2 sons) fixed those ‘beehive’ ladies hair dryers. All 3 men died of lung disease / cancers & the Wife & young daughter (who washed the men’s clothing they wore to work in) also does within a few years of the men. Nobody (as in officials) said anything and ‘we’ all thought at the time how sad it was, but that was it. The house & it’s (probably contaminated) contents were sold & that was that - life moved on. This story has been on my mind for 50years - really sad & if the family knew the dangers could have adopted safety procedures? (obviously not known then) they may have still been alive and future generations of that family would be here today ...... really saddens me tbh
its very scary to be reminded of how powerfull these greedy rich business men can be. If they can keep such a secret like this for many years, it makes you wonder what we are doing today that is just as dangerous to our health that we dont even know.
All planned
You will never be rich
Today they poisson food,water,the air with the acceptance of government which are their puppets
@@gabydicu "poison"
@@None-zc5vg "pedant"
Certainly is an evil dust.. Not so dangerous if it is left untouched. But better to get it removed completely to ensure the health and safety of your family. Great Vid!
Pro Asbestos Removal Brisbane Give you guys a call so you can make more money
uni000ver000sal The problem with that is? Do you not use money then?
***** G'day Ritchie, if I had to do it, I would mask, overalls and a dust suppression system. Wrap all asbestos in plastic and take to an asbestos disposal landfill. So you see, if one knows what one is dealing with then one is prepared. How much do you charge?
***** That was deep and meaningful!
Whether removal is more beneficial is debatable.. Disturbing the fibres can make them linger in home air for months or years!
I love the old footage.
it is extremely important on your part to get your home inspected and take proper care of yourself, if you are exposed to asbestos at workplace. Follow the right diet, consult a doctor if you experience any symptoms of respiratory ailment and do not ignore the minutest health issues. This in turn will ensure that you and your family are safe from the adverse effect of this hazardous element.
In the 1980s I sat on an asbestos awards jury...we awarded the worker. There were pictures of the worker pouring raw asbestos into a machine to turn it into a flame retardant cloth.
Being on that jury, I did my homework...found that life insurance companies began to withdraw coverage for asbestos workers right after the turn of the last century...They knew that long ago.
Interesting
That is INSANE
A friend of mine died of asbestosis... it took 3 weeks to cremate him.
That is WRONG! But so funny at the same time! Lol
@Iron Knight If it was your father, sister, mother, brother involved you wouldn't be laughing about being "triggered" now would you, snowflake?
Iron Knight CHILDREN!!! Let’s just say that you’re BOTH snowflakes....
Cremation makes you have no soul you can't visit the other realm when you have been burnt I'm pretty sure.. because where I go I've seen all my cats that been burried but mums cats that she cremated I've never seen them ever again . Cremation is a trick.
Jono G BURRIED??? please buy a dictionarey in future
I worked with the stuff for 40 years. When we started we were given no PPE equipment.
It was not untill the 90s that things started to change. Way to late for many.
What industry were you in?
How are you know any lung issues and how old are you?
James Lawlor construction and insulation. Including spraying asbestos insulation onto boiler pipes
I’m in my 60s
How could it be bad? It's got the word "best" right in it!
AsWORSTos
American dad
You'd think these guys would be dead overnight with the amount of dust they've ben inhaling? I know it generally takes between 25 and 40 years to manifest, but how much does the average layman suck? These here are Industrial strength quantities!
There is *no* minimum exposure level for asbestos. A single fiber can cause cancer.
@@acmefixer1 thats strange since there is asbestos fibres in the air we breathe
Industrial strength lungs mate ;)
@@fikofikret1522 it depends on where you are.
@@seanhartnett79 its basicly everywhere, but the concentration varies. See it like air polution. We humans are good at destroying the earth and our selfs with industralisation of everything for money.
I worked at Ferodo brakes and there was 3" of asbestos dust on the lathes and the ceiling fans used to blow it around making it seem like it was snowing inside.
Did you wear masks? Did it effect your health or any coworkers?
I worked in the offices so would only walk through the factories on occasion. Plenty of people for the factory were affected I believe,
If a house has a heat pump or hrv system with a asbestos roof..would the heat pump gather dust particles within the roof cavity?
3:08 6:22 how i speak when my mom catches me watching porn
Nick Rz needs more likes
🤣😂 i was waiting for someone to notice this too
Phillip LeJeune facts 😂
I'm LOLing real hard now
the words you seek are hard to come by when in this situation.
Funny how they didn't mention how much it was used in the automotive field. Brake dust. Millions of brake pads, all over the world.80 plus years. Asthma and many ailments increased without being recorded as such. We will be paying the price for decades to come.
How many lives were saved by asbestos fire proofing? Though I don’t condone the use of asbestos now there are alternatives.
They're killing themselves with hardwork alone
Back in the day, brakes were made of asbestos, best brake material ever made
Brian Glade it’s still used in today’s brake pads and some other products.
Like Shakespeare, to die or not to die, depends on where you are at the present time. Making brake pads or using them. Rather sad but that's reality
It is still in certain brake materials, clutches, and inside automatic transmissions to this day.
On the kitchen bench. There was a medium sized fibre, it was blue at the front, then grey in the middle, then blue at the end of it. What could it be?
Fish hair
I worked in asbestos removal for T.V.A . In the late 80s and early 90s ! I have been diagnosed with COPD but every time I bring up the fact I worked with the poison ☠️ with my doctor here in Tennessee I am dismissed 🤔 too hot to handle. I’m really disappointed in our system!!!!!!!
Did they test asbestos on atomic bomb tests?
I removed asbestos for 7 years mid 1980s to early 90s I worked for my dad he owned a t.e.i. asbestos training employment Inc we was Epa approved training facility for asbestos removal we would also provide trained workers for other abatement companies if I got asbestosis or methaseemioma lung cancer it would be hard to file a lawsuit against my dad
I know a major high street retailer that used this material for ceiling tiles.
Quebec has a town called Asbestos, they only stopped mining 2 years ago. Banned in Canada the asbestos was
shipped to India.
Asbestos is still widely used in the Russian federation
That tells you alot about how the government feels.about their people!
It's not like America, or Canada could even give a fuck less then the Russian federation though!
What states in the federation is it used, and is it the old leftover asbestos or still manufactured..?
Life's cheap in russia
This was all for the sake of money.........
The Iron Duke Ikr
The industry to remove it and sue is worse than asbestos itself.
And because it is an excellent building material. It is a hell of an insulator.
I hate it when people try to make emotional appeals for everything.
@@Bouzoukiellas Emotional Appeal? It's about a considerably poisonous substance that was knowingly sold to an ignorant public for goods and service for decades. How sociopathic do you have to be to attempt to handwave that as just being emotional?
Of course, thats how 🐲🦕🐉🐍🦎🐊🐸 work
Years from now it will be found that computer screens, cell phone towers, electromagnetic radiation...
This is really bad that they new this back so long ago. I just got a ducted heating flue removed today and i think the system was put in 1980. Im so scared that everywhere i might look i will find it.
I'm a Retired UA Steamfitter Welder...Worked all over in the Bay Area from 74/95 mostly Refinery's.... The Hall told us to Sue....So I did as most of the Hall did.... I've been Awarded about 85/90 Thousand and have got about 35 Grand from Different Company's...Now 2020 and I was still getting small checks In 2019....The biggest about 3,500.... I've had tests and X-rays and they say I have Asbestos but that depends on who you Ask...The Lawyers have went after Harley for Brakes and Clutches...Car Brakes...You name it and they went after them.....Most of the Companies went Bankrupt but the checks keep coming and I'll take all I can get.....Some of those places looked like it was Snowing when they were Insulating and we Wore no kind of Protection....The Lawyer's even want to get your Wife and Kids in on the Law Suits because we would bring it home in our Cars.. Into the house and the Wife would wash our Clothes....It's Still out there in A'lot of old Building's....LOOK OUT
One of the biggest problems with humanity would always be greed for money smh
Asbestos exposure and smoking tobacco is like pouring gasoline on a fire!
Kent ,smoke Kent with the micronite filter cigarette.
@@owenz1945 THAT was what was in it. Get and read 'Environmental Overkill' by Dixie Lee Ray and get the truth, if there is any.
@@lewiemcneely9143 yeah the joke was that an asbestos filter was used and I'll have a look at the book
@@owenz1945 Oh, it'll make your blood boil! Has snail darters and all matters of stuff that's been made up or invented. Another one is 'Operation Paperclip' where all the WW-2 death camp scientists' were paid to come over here so we could profit from their 'research'. We've been HAD!
I remember reading somewhere that smoking sort of mitigated the negative effects of asbestos exposure because the fibers would get trapped by the tar
Fascinated by asbestos since the 19th century? Asbestos has been known since antiquity.
Saibot Saibot I wonder what we humans already knew but was destroyed when the library at Alexandria was burned.
Sailbot you are correct, the ancient Greeks knew about and used asbestos
@@UA-camVideoViewerDEL That's funny!
My high school was cheaply made. The metal ceiling was coated with asbestos. Each year we received a memo saying the levels in the air, or there were no levels, I can’t remember, were acceptable.
Below 1.0 pel. Ceiling tile is non friable. Chrysotile. You’re most likely good.
RIP to all those workers who died in Wittenoom from Asbestosis. Australia's Chernobyl that is still ongoing.
Hi, I used to live in Australia and I used to be taught about this in school. I haven’t been there in 4 years now and this brought be back to my childhood. Thanks
The uk government still used it till year 2000 w anchors they are
The U.K. government are politicians, and such people are known to do anything for money
You will still find asbestos used in many of today's "modern products" Fireproof Doors, Stage curtains, and clothing ...YES clothing at least in the US has not been banned....even now in 2020.
My grandpa used to spray it as insulation in newly constructed buildings. He would show up home covered in white dust. All they gave him was a bandana to cover his mouth. He died from it. Lungs were full of that dust. He was a World War 1 veteran. It was a bad death. Painful way to go. ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
I went through asbestos abatement training years ago.
Our class instructor was a former army officer.
Several items caught my attention that she brought up.
ALL ailments where an individual is shown to have had past exposure to asbestos can be, and usually are instantly attributed to asbestos.
There is no scientific explanation of how or if asbestos is actually harmful.
There is no known minimum/maximum level of asbestos exposure that can be verified as dangerous/not dangerous.
So it is listed as ANY exposure is "dangerous".
ALL lung related medical conditions where asbestos is known to have been inhaled in the past no matter what the level of exposure is called asbestosis.
All lung cancers where the individual was exposed to asbestos is blamed on asbestos.
Most (all) cases of lung cancer where the individual smoked cigarettes and died of lung cancer due to heavy smoking, and had been exposed to asbestos in some level, was diagnosed as lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure instead of what it was. Lung cancer caused by smoking.
My instructor also stated (at that time, and occasionally it rears its ugly head) that fiberglass/production and use would eventually also be treated on the same level as asbestos.
Bonus material:
The Space Shuttle was well known for its thousands of silica tiles on the underside used to protect the spacecraft from the heat of entering the earth's atmosphere.
What is less well known is that the Space Shuttle also used heat resisting blankets attached to the sides of the fuselage surrounding the cockpit and some areas of the OMS structure.
Publications from NASA only state that the blanket material as being "mineral based".
-Asbestos
There is alot more information on asbestos then your instructor told you about
@@4468861989
It still holds true.
The main argument being that at the time asbestos was becoming "dangerous", the first effects of cigarette smoking (lung cancer) was being revealed.
Cigarette smoking was much more prevalent in the US and the cigarette industry funded the studies against the asbestos industry, effectively killing it.
Any study that states that 100 percent, (fill in the blank) causes cancer, should be considered suspect.
Many "causes" of cancer are not necessarily so.
I'm sure you are aware that people develop lung cancer with no exposure to either cigarettes or asbestos.
People who have been lifelong smokers have never developed lung cancer.
If smoking CAUSES cancer conclusively, it would be banned.
But smoking does not cause cancer anymore than anything.
People can have higher potential of developing cancers or other illnesses from exposure to any or all substances. Including radioactive. But many people who were, survived and lived full lives.
Scientists, even those who have conducted quality studies, cannot explain what definitively causes cancer.
Anymore than they can say asbestos or smoking causes it.
The cause of cancer is cancer.
Science cannot determine its trigger in biological subjects.
When they can, they'll find the cure.
@@PhilipMReeder smoking does cause cancer. And asbestos is dangerous because of the tiny fibers.
@@PhilipMReeder by that logic alcohol would be banned, it causes death. But you cannot ban something people like, yes some people will get lucky and not get cancer.
@@seanhartnett79
You failed reading comprehension in school didn't you.
What a nasty thing asbestos is. this video explains the history quite well.
Asbestos is what it is.
What's nasty is mankind's misusage of it.
where's the torrent link
Thank you for staring this
Wait, did that man just crawled out of a pipe without breathing mask!
Yes
Maybe
yes, cause that what men were expected to do for their job. Most industrial jobs had real "this will kill you" hazards. PPE, guards, were not the norm.
Some men are so tough, they don't need hard hats on building sites cuz they've never had anything fall on their head and they don't need to wear seat belts in cars cuz they have never been through a windscreen! There you go shows what a waste of time those things are! Besides, could get hit by a bus tomorrow!
Turner brothers are a great example of the attitude that permeated throughout ownerships of many if not all industries.
If not for reasonable medical, Industrial hygienist’s, and Unions many more families would have been wiped out.
True.
I know I've been exposed as my father owned and operated a boiler repair and installation contracting company ,he actually died from fibrosis and stenosis related to exposure , I need to be screened , I started working with it at 14 yrs old
The old house i used to live in (farmhouse original foundation built around 1920, additions added in '52, '68, '74, '78) had exterior asbestos shingles and millboard in the cooking area among other places im sure. I had a desk next to where the range used to be (upstairs was an apartment in the 60s and 70s) and was just sitting there reading the paper that was glued to it, explaining the uses for those asbestos millboards dated early 50s around time of first addition/remodel. Scary stuff to find out for sure.
OUCH! Can anyone hear the ringing high pitched frequency in video?!?!?
Brett Bannon You aren't alone, it's unbearable >.
Brett Bannon, maybe you should consider yourself lucky. I'm in my early 40s, and I can't hear it. So, you still have good hearing.
yes, sounds like the old tvs
My ears ring all the time.
38 years old, can't hear it....
Try not to cough whilst watching this.
My dad bought me a small bag of it from Canada. It was chunks of light green with stringy stuff I could pull off
It's also fun to put a blob of mercury under your tongue, to feel the way it wobbles around in your mouth, good times.!
Such a shame, they people who worked in they factories didn’t stand a chance
Fiberglass has the same effect. Cutting PVC plumbing pipes, sanding down Duraglass while working on a boat, or in a body shop. It has the same effect. Sharp microfibers cut the internals of ones lungs, thereby creating scar tissue. End result: mesothelioma.
How many lives were saved because of the fire suppressing properties of asbestos?
You have a point Michael but does that make the deaths caused in its production ok?
swingmanic not in its production. Only accidental or unavoidable deaths. There is no excuse for hiding the dangers from workers. Still, a complete picture requires an accounting of benefits and not just the harm caused.
Not as many as those who died coming in contact with it.
2,471
My friend's job was to vacuum up refractory bricks inside giant furnaces under maintenance shut-down, he said he could see the crystals throughout the air, he passed away from a cancerous lesion of the esophagus
All our lifes we have walked and lived on and by roads, millions of vehicles have past by every one fitted with brake shoes and clutch plates. Every time they stop or pull away they wear a little off, so all our lifes we have been exposed to this and much else besides, it pays not to dwell on it.
I do wonder how lethal it really is, to those of us casually exposed to it
Best buckin comment I've read all week you are the man or the woman you are the person the internet is yours
I remember (years ago) I was helping my brother with something in his old apartment basement. I look up and i see a big ass water pipe lined with asbestos.
I was petrified and planned on calling the appropriate authorities on his landlord for renting a building (with asbestos) to people but he didn't stay long there and hasn't been in the basment afterwards. So i never reported the women. But hopefully that issue will be corrected in the future.
A landlord putting something right that involves spending money?
F∆T chance
It is so sad to think that these People shown working in the mines and factories most likley died because of it...
What is asbestos made of🤔
Silicon dioxide same thing as glass but is tiny fibers.
Glenn Cordova really🤔thanks that's interesting I would have thought it was made of like a bunch of chemicals
@@jja1483
It is a naturally occurring fiber in certain rocks. It comes from asbestos mines. The Romans mined it as well.
My dad worked in an asbestos contaminated factory when he was young he's 90 now. He has asbestoses but didn't develop the cancer . . is that genetic ? I wish I knew
Not sure . He but he passed away 2022
Treat it and handle it and work on it as if you are working with highly irradiated nuclear fuel rods. The work area has to have tunnel suits, glove boxes, airtight suits and air locks that decontaminates itself after you enter and decontaminates both you and itself before you exit. Asbestos substitute is wollastonite, a kind of fibrous powder but it is made out of calcium silicates, CaSiO3
I find it so hard to believe the kind of morals that the people who knowingly aloud this to happen must of had,......
Are there more people who died from asbestos or fire? To this day, man has never found an adequate replacement for asbestos. It's the best fire retardant ever invented. Like most things, there is a trade off.
Anything, ANYTHING, to obtain a cash register ring!!
Corporate cunts greedy wankers
Or because they thought they were helping people live safer lives with a miracle material.... Maybe you have a bit of an agenda? Read much Marx lately?
Asbestos was widely used & mined in Australia till the 80s!
What a waste of a little Standard 8. A company in West Yorkshire BBA, British Belting & Asbestos, turned out products for the car industry, brakes and all sorts of mouldings. Given how widespread it’s use was, it’s amazing there weren’t many many more deaths.
IV just watched a video of some lads urban explorer type vid in Rochdale turner factory and in the factory u could still see dust particles everywhere in front of camera it's crazy that it's not secure and any kid or kids could get in and be contaminated maybe even take it home on there clothes , think of all the asbestos garages in every back garden , Rochdale's Chernobyl
That ended so abruptly. Did they ban asbestos or not?
*takes a sip of coffee from my favourite asbestos mug*
My stepdad worked for the water dept in my town and told me that there is still asbestos water pipes being used cause its too expensive to replace.
It's safe transmitting water. Not safe to breathe when cutting. Cement + fiber.
There was a massive factory in Rochdale everyone who worked there is dead the brought it in from Liverpool docks on trains and roads it's a tickingtime bomb!
In my old school the basement was covered in asbestos, that's the only reason it's not torn down yet. The janitor had to wear a gas mask to go down there.
Unless it's in bad shape you are not going to die. I remove this stuff for 25+ years and inhaled more than most. I'll be lucky to make 70.
redhead5150 If you remove it, you would be wearing protective gear so I don't understand why you think you'll be lucky to make 70. If you take all the precautions and wear the appropriate over-garment protection and mask protection, you should be no worse than any other citizen.
@@MsSalemSaberhagen Most importantly, use water to keep the dust down.
If your getting your roof replaced avoid Ailsa Building Ltd at all costs , Walked out my door today and the was about 3-4 guys on the scaffolding above me dancing n singing to the radio and one guy brushed a pile of asbestos on top of my head , A was like WTF! There 3-4 you's on the roof can one of you's not watch for people coming out there door , And he started laughing , No warning no signs , Health and saftey hazardous , You think they would dispose of hazard materials in a safer manner instead of brushing it on the path way for everyone to walk it into there House's
am you should go get checked
RIP George Fallon 💀
You would not believe how much is imported to the U.S. every year. It's still all around us.
Oh, it's still here. You just don't hear about it.
It's in the air. It's naturally occurring.
@@KC9UDX It's in the ground but is all over. Exposed but not looked for. There used to be mines for it.
@@lewiemcneely9143 it's everywhere. There's a percentage that's considered normal in the air.
@@KC9UDX
Nope, it comes from brake pads and clutch material. That's what goes into the air.
3:08 what the fuck is that sound and 6:23
Is it just me, or did anyone else see the woman working in the background at 9:07 cough? During an asbestos promotional video!
Oh yes I see
she was not coughing, she was licking the needle
The term I'd use to describe asbestos is insidious. First came the pleural thickening, then asbestosis and finally mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is the lottery that no one wants to win. Three or four thousand people die each year from the ravaging effects of mesothelioma in The United States. The disease can incubate for _decades_ .
My father was exposed to asbestos in the early-'50s right through the early-'80s when industry finally started to wise up and feel the pressures of litigation. Absent that lengthy exposure to asbestos I'm reasonably sure my father would be looking to celebrate his 85th birthday in less than two weeks. Attaining the age of 85 is not unheard of in the present day.
I had relatives that were pipe covers die from this. Their wives got it too from doing their laundry. All for money, what else. Greed is a killer!
Al Gorel bollocks
That’s just a story from azzy training
So in a way we can say azbestos it was like kevlar but first discovered
It still in use today ! The harvest and use !