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Asbestos-Related Deaths Up

Posted by michael on from the in-case-you-had-nothing-to-worry-about dept.

jlowery writes "Seems that asbestos deaths have skyrocketed recently, which isn't suprising one you learn that it takes 40-45 years after exposure for peak deaths to occur. Reminds me of the time 25 years ago me and Dad were replacing the brakes on my old Datsun 510 and blew out the brake residue with compressed air. Dusty."

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  1. They haven't "skyrocketed recently" by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA.

    The article says: Asbestos-related deaths have increased fourfold in the past three decades, according to a new CDC report.

    Three decades is not recent and fourfold over 3 decades is not a skyrocket.

    Lung cancer from asbestos is no joke. I lost my father-in-law to it and my grandfather to blacklung. Report the news, but report it honestly.

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