Pick you poison

SCORE TODAY !!
I saw 2 containers at a job sight ,With plenty of construction workers around . One had metal only . Next to it was trash. Me knowing usual time constraints or lack of upstanding causes workers to toss some metal in . BAM I look and see Wire and one of my fav's communication type ( hearty phone wire ) I'm in , and figure lets see how the GC's will respond as they watch me . First load of wire I give a demo guy a nod How you doing . I work fast swift like a kid in a candy shop . Then a company worker walks up to me (not construction a employee ) says to me I just need to know what your doing ,So I show him there are 2 containers this one is all metal and will be cashed in for some one's benefit. But this one is a mix of trash and a bit of metal and wire that will go to the land fill with the other building trash . The guy says OK no harm thats good. so i keep loading. I am complete & 2 woman start asking me what i am doing wile on there smoke break. They start busting chops saying you know thats asbestos. I was not in the mood to go into a whole factual aspect of how asbestos is handled especially with a Major company like this (Lockheed martin) I said I have kids and I need to earn money It's trash and I can make a few bucks . The woman said well just keep your distance it's asbestos .I walked away thinking I wonder what is worse Cigarettes or asbestos
At home I looked it up mesothelioma and found this

"It is frightening to know that the inhalation of asbestos at home or work is not the only way of contracting mesothelioma. In the early 1950s, the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company sold over 13 billion cigarettes that contained a type of asbestos called 'crocidolite' within their filters. The original Kent brand contained 10mg of asbestos material in each cigarette. Other than the filters, asbestos was included in creating the papers used for cigarettes and also for tobacco pipes. In the pipes, the asbestos was hidden so that the fibers could not be seen"

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"Unfortunately, people at that time felt that it was popular to smoke cigarettes that made their throat burn as they inhaled the contaminated smoke.
Although researchers and scientists have worked hard to study the lasting effects of tobacco on the body, there have also been materials used in the production of cigarettes that are far worse than nicotine and tar."

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In the video radiation, such as that from cell phones and wireless technology.



In the end however, regardless of how strongly anyone feels about being able to use these modern technologies, there is a price to be paid. According to Dr. Havas, microwaves will likely end up killing far more people than smoking and asbestos combined if we do not start thoroughly addressing its dangers

I tend to agree. I believe our wireless, electro-polluted society is an enormous experiment that cannot end well. It has already started taking its toll. Unlike cigarette smoke or asbestos, microwave radiation from wireless technologies is almost ubiquitous in urban settings.

WE ALL PICK OUR POISON

well written, thanks.

Interesting that they were warning you of asbestos, basically saying that they were disposing of it improperly. You are right, not asbestos. Way too many misinformed people in the world.

Had it been asbestos, it would not have been in there if they are a stand up contractor.