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low_delta ([personal profile] low_delta) wrote2003-10-12 11:59 am

Mesothelioma

Steve McQueen and Warren Zevon both died of mesothelioma. Its only known cause is exposure to asbestos. Both had worked with asbestos at blue-collar jobs, early in their careers.

[identity profile] ravenfeather.livejournal.com 2003-10-12 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I did not know that!

I lived in a house with asbestos siding when in Colorado with my then three year old kid. I believed them when they said that is would be more dangerous to remove it than to live with it. We lost the house in an unexpected military move. I suppose I should be glad?

asbestos siding

[identity profile] emschin.livejournal.com 2003-10-12 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they were right about relative danger. We had asbestos siding put on the house when I was a kid. As I understand it, the danger comes when bits of asbestos are air borne and you breath them in.