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To: oldirtybastard who wrote (123762)	9/20/2001 12:29:30 PM
From: oldirtybastard	Respond to of 436258

this was from an email a lawyer friend sent me today, don't know if she knows what she's talking about but might be right: "...Also, since my office has an asbestos litigation department, I found out that when they were building the WTC, asbestos was used for spray-on fire proofing on the steel beams, but only half way or 3/4's of the way up. At that point, given the health hazards of asbestos, laws were implemented that prohibited the use of asbestos in various materials. As such, while they still used fire proofing on the beams, they stopped using asbestos-containing fire proofing which had a lower heat resistant quality. So, when the fires started on the upper portion, the beams melted faster than they normally would have. Had there been asbestos-containing fire proofing on the upper portions, the buildings would have stood for about three hours before eventually collapsing. This is difficult to digest...as you change the laws to prevent one health hazard and look at the result?..."