Killer In Your Home
Harmless looking Asbestos is one of the world’s oldest known building and construction materials. The Ancient Romans wove the fibrous strands of asbestos into clothing, and used larger amounts of it in their numerous metalworking and ceramic processes, which many eminent historians believe directly contributed to their rise to world dominance.
After the Second World War asbestos soon made its way into virtually every building in the United States. And why not? According the asbestos industry, it was extremely versatile and lacked any appreciable dangers and risks. Children played in the quarries where it was mined, millions of new homeowners requested it for insulation in their new houses, and hundreds of thousands of war workers could look back in pride that the asbestos they installed into ships, planes, and other vessels helped save countless lives during the fight against Japan and Germany.
It would take a few more decades to discover the real truth about asbestos: that the industry was making billions of dollars from something that was one of the most ruthless killers known to man.
After the Second World War asbestos soon made its way into virtually every building in the United States. And why not? According the asbestos industry, it was extremely versatile and lacked any appreciable dangers and risks. Children played in the quarries where it was mined, millions of new homeowners requested it for insulation in their new houses, and hundreds of thousands of war workers could look back in pride that the asbestos they installed into ships, planes, and other vessels helped save countless lives during the fight against Japan and Germany.
It would take a few more decades to discover the real truth about asbestos: that the industry was making billions of dollars from something that was one of the most ruthless killers known to man.
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