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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34756,00.html @ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34342,00.html > Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives > > > Friday, September 14, 2001 > By Steven Milloy > > Respond to Editor > Email this Article > Asbestos fibers in the air and rubble following the collapse of the > World Trade Center is adding to fears in the aftermath of Tuesday’s > terrorist attack. The true tragedy in the asbestos story, though, is > the lives that might have been saved but for 1970s-era hysteria about > asbestos. Until 30 years ago, asbestos was added to flame-retardant > sprays used to insulate steel building materials, particularly floor > supports. The insulation was intended to delay the steel from melting > in the case of fire by up to four hours. In the case of the World > Trade Center, emergency plans called for this four-hour window to be > used to evacuate the building while helicopters sprayed to put out the > fire and evacuated persons from the roof. The use of asbestos ceased > in the 1970s following reports of asbestos workers becoming ill from > high exposures to asbestos fibers. The Mt. Sinai School of Medicine’s > Irving Selikoff had reported that asbestos workers had higher rates of > lung cancer and other diseases. Selikoff then played a key role in the > campaign to halt the use of asbestos in construction. In 1971, New > York City banned the use of asbestos in spray fireproofing. At that > time, asbestos insulating material had only been sprayed up to the > 64th floor of the World Trade Center towers. --->>>snip<<<--- > Steven Milloy is the publisher of JunkScience.com, an adjunct scholar > at the Cato Institute and the author of the upcoming book Junk Science > Judo: Self-defense Against Health Scares and Scams (Cato Institute, > 2001). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. 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