Many of the war service homes were fibro clad, so will James Hardie pay to have this removed from private homes? or is it the poor house holder that is forced to fit the bill?
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Many of the war service homes were fibro clad, so will James Hardie pay to have this removed from private homes? or is it the poor house holder that is forced to fit the bill?
When I was in the fleet many years ago I slept on top of a locker, (hated hammocks) under an asbestos lagged steam pipe, my good friend slept on bags of the stuff in the engine room, (he is now dead from asbestosus) we all used to envy him when we were in the southern ocean.
Even though it was known as early as 1942 the stuff was lethal, nobody thought to inform the people that came in contact with it of the danger it posed , and when the genie finally did get out of the bottle the manufacturer upped stakes and bailed, then did everthing they could to negate responsibility for the human suffering they had caused, (don't think there is much chance of compo for building refurbishing). Maybe it's time that the ministers in charge of the relevant portfolios were held accountable for not performing the tasks alotted them
It's not going away in ours or our children's lifetimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by amtravic1
Every old house here has it, all the commercial buildings have it, and it's a nightmare for me everytime I have to do a penetration.
Back in school in the eighties we had heat pads in the science and metalwork blocks that I'm sure was it. (it sure looked like it)
We used to break it up and peg it at each other.
All the car/trucks clutches and brake pads and linings used it, our race pads up to about 1992 all still contained asbestos so all the old mechanics have been exposed as everyone used to use air to blow the dust out of the drums and clutch covers.
I've heard it said that an average city street corner from the fifties through the eighties was a dust cloud of asbestos from car/truck pads and linings, which may explain how people that have never worked in the construction/mining/defence industries can contract mesothelioma.
Mountain climber Lincoln Hall died last month from it and no one is quite sure how he contracted it, other than he helped his Dad build a cubby house from fibro back in the sixties.
so basicly we are all screwed.....good to know that if cancer doenst get me there is something in back up.
Asbestos is 100% safe if you leave it where it is. Its when you disturb it that it causes an issue, why would they want to start doing that?
I wonder how many people realise their town water supply is in Asbestos pipe .
I have a underground pipe & Cable locating service and I would suggest that around Melbourne suburbia at least 25% of Water Mains are Asbestos. And probably closer to 75% in country towns.
So is the ACTU suggesting we replace the water mains too, In the doomsayers minds that would be more of a health issue than say Telstra Pits (again asbestos) because the water we drink has travelled within asbestos pipes.
Ive had my fair share of contact with Asbestos dust too, running comms cables thru ducts with steam pipes lagged in the stuff , Not to mention holding solder in my mouth whilst assembling pc boards ( same doomsayers will tell you I'll get lead poisoning)
Who wants to live forever anyway, I doubt I'll get diagnosed with any of those chronic diseases but if the 'end is nigh' I think I'll go set up camp along the edge of the East Alligator river with a bottle of Scotch