Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
This asbestos problem really is a ticking time bomb. My late brother died of mesothelioma at the age of 75 - his last regular contact with asbestos had been when he was an apprentice in a Clydeside shipyard as a young man in his teens and early 20s. The stuff was used for boiler and pipe lagging and was everywhere.
Interesting. Increased longevity probably means more people survive other ailments that so susceptibility to asbestosis is now more obvious.
My father served in merchant ships that had exposed asbestos lagged pipes into the early 50s, about 30 years. The pipes had painted canvas covers bound around them and were superheated. He died aged 71.