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   XPost: misc.survivalism, alt.politics.greens   
   From: gunner@lightspeed.net   
      
   On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:19:53 GMT, James Chamblee   
    wrote:   
      
   >Marc Lermin at asbwurstus@yahoo.com wrote on 4/10/05 10:18 PM:   
   >   
   >> They used to put asbestos in: bakelite, plaster of Paris,   
   >> sheetrock joints, ceiling "sand" paint, foot-callous pumice,   
   >> wall shingles, floor tiles, pipe insulation, skyscraper ceiling   
   >> insulation, floortile (black-tar-like) "mastic" (even under   
   >> ceramic bath tiles), and roofing shingles. They spread it with   
   >> "don't ask, don't tell" electricians and dust-covered   
   >> workers on your busses and dumpster leftovers on your sidewalk.   
   >   
   >The real crime is that asbestositis has been known for over 100 years; but   
   >asbestos was so good an insulator and so cheap that the  industry hid all   
   >the scientific studies.   
      
      
   Long chain or short chain asbestos?   
      
   Gunner   
      
   "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.   
    To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,   
    merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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