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Top court holds state liable for asbestos diseases in workers

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Wow, only 50 years behind every other country.

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kyushubillToday  08:27 am JST

Wow, only 50 years behind every other country.

Took 'em long enough. Too little, too late.

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Sad, 13 million yen will do nothing to these victims and their families.

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Especially after the lawyers take 30%.

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zichiToday  09:25 am JST

In the late 1970's I worked in a London lab identifying asbestos and also visiting sites to take air samples and supervise the removal. Worked on one of the largest removals of blue asbestos which is the most deadly one.

In many countries, there are still large amounts of asbestos in buildings and hospitals.

Exposure takes more than 20 years to form Mesothelioma Cancer which is a very slow and painful way to die.

There was abestos in my elementary, middle and high schools. All of those buildings have been detonated now, the last being my HS - 30 years after I graduated. And some classmates of mine and my little sister are now dead from cancer.

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KyushuBill...

Wow, only 50 years behind every other country.

Exactly! And every year a few less to pay out!

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in 1996 Atsugi base closed down it elementary DoDDs school, other buildings including the library and all classrooms and would not let anyone inside to claim their personall belongs. Everything was burned in the open air. Nice job.

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It’s the cutting of asbestos which is the danger.

Once in place the danger is low.

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That’s unbelievable and in most cases complete nonsense. The planners and construction companies are responsible for having used such material during building process. The state or government didn’t order or insist by law on using asbestos when constructing buildings. Also it is impossible for a state to set rules for every situation or anything that other people are doing. They just should have worn masks or filters in any case while working with unknown material. That is part of their job, not something a state or government can demand or guarantee in all situations and at all times. They should have complained about that to the responsibility people of that time, including their bosses at the building site and to themselves, for not wearing the according professional clothing and tools , filters, masks, gloves and such.

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Good decision.

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