Introduction to Asbestos from 1959
Filed in Video Reports on Aug.27, 2009
markdcatlin asked:
This clip is from the 1959 film, “Asbestos: a Matter of Time,” by the Bureau of Mines (US Department of the Interior.) The entire film is available on GoggleVideo. This clip describes key properties of asbestos and some of its uses in the 1950s. Inhaling asbestos dust, can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and esothelioma. Asbestos manufacturers knew of these diseases by the 1930s. Tens of thousands of (mostly) workers have been made sick and died from asbestos exposure. For more information, go …
August 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
This shiet is banned! (Im not offending you)
August 30th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I have an asbestos fence on one side of my house but I think it was put up after all the banning of the dangerous materials, I think it is encased in cement. However as a kid i stupid played darts against the fencing & im afraid whether I inhaled the dust particles or not. I never really stood around the fence too much & the dart holes are only very small “scratches”, am I safe? I was never exposed for long periods of time I only played for 10-20 mins for about a few weeks. Thats it?
August 31st, 2009 at 2:57 am
Not all ceilings… asbestos was banned in 1973 and popcorn ceilings are still common in new houses.
All it is is plaster sprayed onto the ceiling with a special nozzle.
Anyway, if you paint over the popcorns, it should be OK.
Besides, it’ll look a lot better and they wont keep falling down all over the place like the fuckin things like to do.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
My elementary school had asbestos in it (removed a few years after I went to high school), and the house I lived in at the time had asbestos too, and I turned out fine. The house I live in right now has lead pipes.
I basically spent my life in buildings with asbestos and lead pipes, so according to today’s, over-paranoid public, I should be dead by now.
September 5th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Asbestos fibres are so small, they pearce through a cel membrane and unlike most other materials do not rot or get “eaten” by the body’s defense system.
As long as it is not disturbed it’s fine, but when an old house (with asbestos) fals down for whatever reason, the dust becomes dangerous.
Take care, LW
September 8th, 2009 at 2:14 am
tripyramidslide, i have seen Asbestos for Sell on Ebay. but why do you want it?
September 10th, 2009 at 9:28 am
do you wanna die?
September 13th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Basically.. Yes. Lol.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
does asbestdos take time to go into yout lungs and kill you? or can you just breath it in and it will still have the same effect?
September 15th, 2009 at 10:10 am
well your fucked
September 17th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Smoking 2 cigarettes is as dangerous 4 hours exposure to disturbed Asbestos dust (airborne dust)
September 17th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Workers who developed asbestos-related disease often spent years in clouds of asbestos dust, spraying insulation inside ships or weaving fireproof cloth at textile mills. They worked in places that might have a typical asbestos dust level of 10 fibers per cubic centimeter of air – enough to cause 20% of workers exposed for 20 years to develop lung cancer or mesotheliorna, a fatal cancer of the lung’s lining.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Asbestos, like Salmonella, is blown out of proportion, you have to be in an industry where you work with it in some way to actually get long term effects. living in a house that has it wrapped around the hot water pipes isn’t going to hurt you at all…. it’s an amazing and wonderful natural mineral that can still be used safely. it’s still used in oven door gaskets and brake pads because it wont burn. it’s an unmatched insulator as well. If you work with it, wear a mask. it’s that simple.
September 21st, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Zonolite is trimoloite: the worst kind of asbestos. Be careful!
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 am
How do I get Asbestos! I WANT IT NOW!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Improvement of our standard of living? – it ruined many peoples lives -__-
September 24th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
That is what is happening right now. Workers are dying AGAIN after refurbishing old contaminated homes and buildings!
September 25th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
on dirait bovy
September 28th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
fire bad, asbestos GOOD
September 30th, 2009 at 5:20 am
i think he was joking
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 am
if people in the future only use stuff’s from after 1973 will they not find asbestos but if they in the future use or play with stuff’s from the 30′s/40′s/50′s/60′s will people also in the future gets cancer.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
It surely won’t. Asbestos is highly dangerous when inhaled. Thousands, and thousands construction workers who worked with this stuff died. And they are still dieing.
You probably won’t see asbestos in the future. Unless you get mechanical lungs or something
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
WOW this is a miracle! surely everything will be made of asbestos in the future!
October 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
It might not have much asbestos in it. the save level is .0001% I just got the zonolite (a type of vermiculite insulation) tested and it is in that safe level because its .0001% in the air and not in the insulation itself. Your best bet would to be get it tested, because unless your redoing any rooms or anything its fine as long as its not getting moved. ALS labs does testing and they have offices all over.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Too bad you can get cancer in a matter of days with this…
Because it sure look sweet.