-- James A. Donald:
In reality, if someone is exposed to enough asbestos to be a problem, he is painfully aware of it. Only a minuscule minority among those now receiving stupendous awards were exposed to that level of asbestos.
On 3 May 2003 at 21:49, Tyler Durden wrote:
Not really. This party line is equally hot air. Basically, there are two main modes of asbestos related disease: asbestosis and melothemeoma
But almost none of the money currently being awarded is going to people with absestosis or mesothelioma. It is almost all going to people with "asbestos-related pleural and pulmonary disease" -- a fictitious medical category that includes any deviation from perfect health in any part of any person's breathing system.
The form of asbestos most closely associated with this is crocidilyte, which is needle-like and a beautiful dark blue in color. That form of asbestos can cause cancer even in very low exposures.
Yes, unnoticeable exposures to blue asbestos does cause harm in a witchcraft like manner -- but while very few people have been exposed to blue asbestos, almost all jury awards are based on witchcraft like harm, where the person is harmed by some imperceptible magical agent that is impossible to notice. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG qqEdCNdKpP0eW/wImgFKX4aggGjKBoltAHX90h3y 4A9O47A6pAry1m2qjcdaggEVqtn5UKXBbfoHzRZGj