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Okay, pppppp-- 203.193.95.140 ( talk) 07:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)there is big bucks in finding asbestosis victims for compensation claims. That's why you guys are publishing this stuff here, in the hope to attract more clients. Well, here's the news:
Googling for Merrywater Price asbestosis disturbingly brings up Wikipedia as the first search result. This means that you have been using this non-profit site as an advertising medium. Go away. Please. I may have the page protected if this carries on. JFW | T@lk 22:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
200.216.31.201, we have argued endlessly about this elsewhere. I wrote this before the debate on the "compensation" article started, and I cannot be bothered to argue about it again. JFW | T@lk 13:36, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I would move to delete any article entitled "Campaign to ban asbestos". My guess is that it would be a rant about the poor companies and how much they have been harmed. At least one of those poor companies, Johns-Manville, lied repeatedly to its workers and to the public about the dangers of asbestos. This is not conjecture or political twisting. There is a volume of written documents that were found, written by executives and a medical director" advising the corporate hq not to tell workers of their 'condition' because they should have the 'peace' to go on working in these conditions until they dropped. There were others that warned their colleagues to stay silent, and not discuss any of this to the public or medica, to avoid 'problems.' These companies are not the victim. As to jobs, more jobs were created cleaning up asbestos and developing new products, and diversifying. So that does not hold water either.
I am floored that any thinking person would suggest this. 60 countries have banned asbestos for good reason. IN the US, 10,000 people die a year from asbestos; 5,000 a year in the UK, and 3,000 a year in Australia. That does not begin to count the many who become disabled from chronic lung problems. I simply don't see how even the hard right wingers/industry apologists can argue this is not cause for serious concern, even banning. There are other fire retardants that are safe than asbesots. Cheap and easy to use does not outweigh the pain and agony familes go thorugh, who have had loved ones die. I know aobut this, because my father died of mesothelioma, 5 months after he was diagnosed. This was 40 years after he worked 3 months cutting asbestos shingles. MollyBloom 04:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I've responded on your talkpage. JFW | T@lk 03:44, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC) Edited the one paragraph to remove "Why Antoine I pu" from the bottom of it, seemed like someone had either written a talk statement on the main page or had randomly vandalised it a bit. R.Hicks
This is an excellent article, JFW!! The only criticism I have of it is the note about mesothelioma. I have researched this at length, because my father died of it in 1986. I have spoken to oncologists and researchers about it. The consensus (and statistics) seems to be
(1) it is rare but frequency has increased as those exposed to asbestos age.. The latency period is 20-50 years. It is still a rare disease, but the rate increase is significant,. That rate increase should level off this decade, as the majority of asbestos was installed in the years following WWII.
(2) Mesothelioma, unlike even asbestosis, does not take prolonged exposure. My father's oncologist, a specialist in this area, explained that they don't know how much exposure it takes. He also said he treated execs from Johns-Mansville whose only exposure was through the ventilation system, and for a short time. In fact, they believe mesothelioma requires less exposure than the more common asbestosis. My father worked a summer job cutting asbestos shingles 40 years before he died. You are quite right that the prognosis is grim, and the disease is usually fatal within 12 months of diagnosis. I saw on another article 2-4 years, but that seems high. MollyBloom 04:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
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This article lacks epidemiological info. Especially it's comparison to mesothelioma 182.255.99.214 ( talk) 01:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
It's a small point but...I improved the non-standard-English syntax in the intro and it was reverted, then there was a simultaneous change to exactly the same sentence in line with what I had said! I've now made it even better! Dr Greg Wood ( talk) 11:53, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
Oh, I see: not "sufferers". Gotcha (although if I had it, I'd feel like I was suffering!). Dr Greg Wood ( talk) 12:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 September 2022 and 17 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Llava11 ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Llava11 ( talk) 15:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
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Okay, pppppp-- 203.193.95.140 ( talk) 07:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)there is big bucks in finding asbestosis victims for compensation claims. That's why you guys are publishing this stuff here, in the hope to attract more clients. Well, here's the news:
Googling for Merrywater Price asbestosis disturbingly brings up Wikipedia as the first search result. This means that you have been using this non-profit site as an advertising medium. Go away. Please. I may have the page protected if this carries on. JFW | T@lk 22:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
200.216.31.201, we have argued endlessly about this elsewhere. I wrote this before the debate on the "compensation" article started, and I cannot be bothered to argue about it again. JFW | T@lk 13:36, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I would move to delete any article entitled "Campaign to ban asbestos". My guess is that it would be a rant about the poor companies and how much they have been harmed. At least one of those poor companies, Johns-Manville, lied repeatedly to its workers and to the public about the dangers of asbestos. This is not conjecture or political twisting. There is a volume of written documents that were found, written by executives and a medical director" advising the corporate hq not to tell workers of their 'condition' because they should have the 'peace' to go on working in these conditions until they dropped. There were others that warned their colleagues to stay silent, and not discuss any of this to the public or medica, to avoid 'problems.' These companies are not the victim. As to jobs, more jobs were created cleaning up asbestos and developing new products, and diversifying. So that does not hold water either.
I am floored that any thinking person would suggest this. 60 countries have banned asbestos for good reason. IN the US, 10,000 people die a year from asbestos; 5,000 a year in the UK, and 3,000 a year in Australia. That does not begin to count the many who become disabled from chronic lung problems. I simply don't see how even the hard right wingers/industry apologists can argue this is not cause for serious concern, even banning. There are other fire retardants that are safe than asbesots. Cheap and easy to use does not outweigh the pain and agony familes go thorugh, who have had loved ones die. I know aobut this, because my father died of mesothelioma, 5 months after he was diagnosed. This was 40 years after he worked 3 months cutting asbestos shingles. MollyBloom 04:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I've responded on your talkpage. JFW | T@lk 03:44, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC) Edited the one paragraph to remove "Why Antoine I pu" from the bottom of it, seemed like someone had either written a talk statement on the main page or had randomly vandalised it a bit. R.Hicks
This is an excellent article, JFW!! The only criticism I have of it is the note about mesothelioma. I have researched this at length, because my father died of it in 1986. I have spoken to oncologists and researchers about it. The consensus (and statistics) seems to be
(1) it is rare but frequency has increased as those exposed to asbestos age.. The latency period is 20-50 years. It is still a rare disease, but the rate increase is significant,. That rate increase should level off this decade, as the majority of asbestos was installed in the years following WWII.
(2) Mesothelioma, unlike even asbestosis, does not take prolonged exposure. My father's oncologist, a specialist in this area, explained that they don't know how much exposure it takes. He also said he treated execs from Johns-Mansville whose only exposure was through the ventilation system, and for a short time. In fact, they believe mesothelioma requires less exposure than the more common asbestosis. My father worked a summer job cutting asbestos shingles 40 years before he died. You are quite right that the prognosis is grim, and the disease is usually fatal within 12 months of diagnosis. I saw on another article 2-4 years, but that seems high. MollyBloom 04:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
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This article lacks epidemiological info. Especially it's comparison to mesothelioma 182.255.99.214 ( talk) 01:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
It's a small point but...I improved the non-standard-English syntax in the intro and it was reverted, then there was a simultaneous change to exactly the same sentence in line with what I had said! I've now made it even better! Dr Greg Wood ( talk) 11:53, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
Oh, I see: not "sufferers". Gotcha (although if I had it, I'd feel like I was suffering!). Dr Greg Wood ( talk) 12:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 September 2022 and 17 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Llava11 ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Llava11 ( talk) 15:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Source 10, “Asbestos-related disease statistics, Great Britain 2021”, has a disfunctional link 2601:197:F00:4F0:B580:15BF:594B:B67B ( talk) 23:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)