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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (93866)	1/4/2002 8:39:33 PM
From: Bill Cotter	Read Replies (1) of 132070

Hi Mike; I am confused about the asbestos liability with HAL. Asbestos was a product in common use in the '40's and '50's mostly to insulate heating ducts/pipes and around furnaces. Nobody knew at the time that it was carcinogenic. How do we know that plastics do not cause cancer. I know that vinyl plastic is everywhere, containers for drinks, shower curtains, window shades, etc. It seems far from inert to me. I get a headache almost instantly when exposed to new vinyl. I guess the point I am trying to make is, how can they sue HAL unless the company knowingly used asbestos after the government found that it caused cancer. It seems that a product in common use should be immune from lawsuits after a period of time, similar to a statute of limitations. Didn't National Gypsum suffer a similar fate?

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