Spodden Valley, asbestos scandal (part 1)

Rochdale, North west England 1982.
A scandalous company cover up in a site that processed Canadian chrysotile asbestos from the 1870s thru to the 1990s.
Find out more in Part 2 - about what has happened to this site recently. Local Council shenighans in re-zoning the asbestos factory an "Area of 0pportunity" for the principle of an "Urban Village" -hundreds of homes and a kids day care center on the site of the world's largest asbestos factory?
The developers stated "of particular note is the absence of any asbestos contamination"...
After seeing the behavior of T&N in 1982, it looks as though the new owners have been operating from T&N's old PR tactics.
Don't let history repeat itself.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

I started work there in 1966 aged 15, I worked there for 18 years, it was a good place to work, many happy memories.

[@puddinglane6124]

It's criminal, those poor, hard-working people.

[@sexyjw2]

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Am reading Magic Mineral to Killer Dust at the moment. I hadn't realised that so much proof was being publicised back in 1982.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

A chap that worked in the weaving shed forgot is lunch, his wife took it to him, and she got asbestosis, she was in the factory for about 10 minutes.

[@doinaelenaanton]

Exposure to asbestos can be a serious health risk. However, removing asbestos from a home or building is not always the best solution. If, for example, the asbestos is undisturbed and intact, removing the asbestos can in fact be a greater risk than leaving it in place. However, if a renovation or demolition will disturb asbestos containing materials. Disturbing asbestos can disperse particles into the air, where they can then enter the lungs and cause long-term health problems.

[@PlutoniusX]

No masks? Reason why when you spray fiberglass insulation you were a mask. Guess they were cheap.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Allante715 Respectfully, you don't think a basic dust mask will help you, right? Even a respirator is a question.

[@angc1456]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 what would help?