Is it true that the WH said the other day that after thinking it over, they’ve determined that asbestos isn’t really as bad an insulator in home construction as was originally thought.
The only danger that comes from asbestos is if it is ground up into fine particles that can be carried by the air and re inhaled into the lungs.
When the EPA enforced the removal of asbestos from schools, the removal of the asbestos created more of a risk of exposure than leaving it alone would have. Asbestos was used as insulation for ‘attic’ areas and for heating/cooling pipes. It was wrapped up with cloth tape and of no danger. The asbestos in ceiling/attic areas was out of the reach of most humans and of no danger.
Didn’t matter. The ABATEMENT process continued, at a HUGE cost to the TAXPAYERS even though it was unnecessary in most cases and actually raised the risk of exposure.
Now, at the same time, every WHEEL on EVERY vehicle had 2 ASBESTOS BRAKE PADS. So, each car had 8 pads, large trucks like 18-wheelers had 36.
EVERY time the driver of a vehicle put their foot on the brakes, the asbestos pads were being ground into EXTREMELY FINE DUST PARTICLES which were easily dispersed into the air and into our lungs.
The government did NOTHING about that issue, because the cost for phasing out asbestos in brake pads and for replacing the pads in autos already in use would all have to have been absorbed by the automobile manufacturers.
No one in the government, no one in the media EVER mentioned a word about asbestos brake pads.
We need to remember these things every time the government does something to PROTECT us.