Asbestos in a Zenith C845? Other dangers?

[Mark W.]

asbestoes is only dangerous if inhaled and only if it's in a dust like form. I have hard sheets of asbestoes I used to shield things during heat treatment.

The problem comes from inhaling a BUNCH of the fibers which are a fish hook shape and after many many many years they work their way through the lungs to irritate the Plura covering the lungs this then can lead to a type of cancer. But the tiny amount of expose to this you might get cleaning up a Radio or TV wouldn't be a problem.

My dad used to bitch about how they removed the solid asbestoes insulation from schools and such since in that form the asbestoes was pretty much harmless. But once torn all apart and spread all over the place the risk increased greatly.

I have never heard of a single teacher that has had either form of asbestoes caused cancer.

MY dad who worked in the heating and HVAC industry died from Mesothelioma the worst form of asbestoes caused cancer in 2003 his exposure was to bags of powdered asbestoes he mixed with his hands into cement to be smeared onto steam pipes. His exposure ended in about 1964.

The only other person I know of who has contracted a form of asbestoes cancer is the mechanic who worked on the rigs at my dads sheet metal shop his exposure was from 30+ years of doing brake jobs before the industry finally let people know that was a risk.

if you want to know more just google it there's 1/2 million pages of stuff on asbestoes cancer. Much of it alarmest.

I won't go into the major companies involved in asbestoes removal being connected with the mob.




OH and by the way to the best of my limited knowledge asbestoes does not cause you to get sick it either causes one of the two forms of cancer or doesn't.