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"Shawn Wilson" <ikonoqlast@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Allan C Cybulskie" <allan.c.cybulskie@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> >> > People with practically no known asbestos exposure have died from
> >> > mesothelioma.  But believe what you want.
> >>
> >>
> >> People with huge long term asbestos exposure have never developed
> >> mesothelioma.  What's your point?
> >
> > What it sounds like is that some people are more vulnerable to the
effects
> > of asbestos exposure than others.  Now, if we put this in all houses -- 
> > like
> > they did in the past -- would you want to take the chance that some
crack
> > or
> > some damage might cause some exposure, and that you'd happen to be one
of
> > the people who is vulnerable to asbestos exposure?  Over the entire
> > lifespan
> > of a house (mine's over 50 years old)?
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> Right, paranoia...

Paranoia?  You accepted that some people are more vulnerable to asbestos
exposure than others.  If you were one of those people, and didn't know it,
would you want to take the extra chance of exposure?

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> >> In countries where asbestos is still used there is no epidemic of
> >> mesothelioma.  You're just being paranoid.
> >
> > You chided other people for not being "scientific", but the fact that
you
> > throw this out as if it means something kind of puts you in that spot.
> > First, what do you mean by "epidemic", as in what rate would of
> > mesothelioma
> > would you call an epidemic?
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> They don't think it's worth banning.

Wow, THAT'S a scientific measure ...

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> >  Second, how IS it used (as you mentioned
> > earlier that it makes a difference)?  How much exposure have people had
> > where it is used?  How likely is it that things like age may increase
the
> > risk of exposure?  How long has this been happening, so that we can
> > measure
> > the long term effects of small exposures?  What are the effects on young
> > children who may have this exposure, as opposed to adults?  Etc, etc.
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> Where are the piles of dead people you claim using asbestos would cause?

Now you are either just being irrational or trolling.  I never claimed that
there would be any such piles, as you can read above.

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> > If there is no overriding reason to use asbestos and take this chance,
why
> > take the chance?
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> If there's no overriding reason *not* to use asbestos why restrict
people's
> choice in the matter?

Because it doesn't just affect THEM ... it affects anyone who may buy that
house or even visit it in the future.