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		ceejayoz on Jan 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic Abo... Common sense? The dangers of asbestos were well known in 1997 (hence its removal!), it's a developed nation that enforces protective measures for workers, etc. Losing 22 workers in France in the 1990s/2000s on a single asbestos removal project is extremely unlikely.

glenra on Jan 30, 2012 [–]

...and losing 22 students due to asbestos in a single building isn't unlikely, according to your common sense?

ceejayoz on Jan 30, 2012 | [–]

Since 1959 in an entire campus, not one building. There'd be many, many more students passing through over five decades than there would be construction workers in a 10 year cleanup effort.

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