[QUOTE=paint guy;3768553]WHAT????According to NIOSH Publication#97-162(page 25):"ALL levels of exposure studied to date have demonstrated asbestos -related disease".
Trivial exposures have not been studied, and can't be studied because adequate statistical power to detect differences would make such a study untenable. Epidemiological studies over long time are the only ways to get a clue on this kind of thing; this approach is useful to then start direct studies. The statement "THERE IS NO LEVEL OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE below which clinical effects do not occur" smacks of the absurdity of "one molecule will kill you", whereas the operative rule in the real world is "the dose makes the poison." Thanks for the NIOSH reference. Is the absurd quote from it as well?
All that said, I agree with your statement that it never hurts to protect yourself.
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