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Lincoln Hall Dead 23-Mar-2012 At 9:02:05 AM lacto

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>The asbestos story and facts are well know - they were aired relatively
>recently with the corporate avoidance strategy used (legally!) by James
>Hardie - going off shore. Yes, a compensation fund was set up, but it is
>predicted by most to run out of money well before compensation claims stop.
>Why were they allowed to do this?
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>>Michael
James hardie may have tried to avoid liablity but what about others responsibility in this , building regs wanted asbestos , governments still specified asbestos in their products etc . The worst asbesros mine in australia was wittenoon established and owned by Lang Hankock - is gina putting anything into the funds? Virtually ever american company just declared bankrupt , . Believe it or not a Canadian company is still exporting several million tonnes a year into India where it is seen as an excellent and cheap building material . Most of the white dust from the world trade collapse was asbestos used as fire protection