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To: Boplicity who wrote (41566)	9/19/2001 4:48:22 PM
From: dustcatcher	Read Replies (1) of 65232

The New York Times looked into this: HAUNTING QUESTION: DID THE BAN ON ASBESTOS LEAD TO LOSS OF LIFE? from The New York Times As the World Trade Center was being built in the late 1960's and early 1970's, scientists were learning that asbestos fibers in materials commonly used to fireproof steel beams could cause cancer in workers and bystanders who were intensively exposed to the fibers, especially around mines and manufacturing plants dealing with asbestos. Anticipating a ban, the builders stopped using the materials by the time they reached the 40th floor of the north tower, the first one to go up. Now some engineers and scientists - including at least one whose research supported an asbestos ban in New York City - are haunted by a troubling question: were the substitute materials as effective in protecting against fire as the asbestos-containing materials they replaced? <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/science/physical/18ASBE.html> This is really all I have to say on this subject. ---Jack---

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