There used to be a time when asbestos was used a lot in buildings, at least until they found out that exposure to asbestos dust can lead to a lethal cancer called mesothelioma. The thing is that even though asbestos is not used on buildings anymore there are still a lot of buildings containing the stuff, meaning that the possibility exists for more people to be infected.
As long as the right avenues are taken asbestos can be dealt with in such a manner that no-one gets affected by it, the problem is that it is an expensive solution and people sometimes take price cutting short cuts. This can lead to people becoming unnecessarily exposed protracting the disease. It’s cases like these that lead people to seek the services of Mesothelioma lawyers. Too bad that it had to get to that stage, especially if its because of someones cost cutting measures.
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Apart from your title(aspestos)good post. However, from what I can gather cleaning up asbestos, in the NZ context anyway,is an extremely dangerous assignment because of the dust.
I used to play with asbestos as a kid – it was just fireproof material without the faintest idea it was dangerous.
Cheers,
Peter
Thanks for pointing that out Peter. Don’t know how I missed that. Lucky for you that playing with the asbestos had no effect.