Comments on: Open Verdict Recorded following Death of Mesothelioma Victim http://www.bloggernews.net/122528 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:44:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: cpr69 http://www.bloggernews.net/122528#comment-1461987 cpr69 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:33:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122528#comment-1461987 We are a direct resource for the employee's who work in the construction industry across the United States. Our services are free for the employees to search our database for jobs and to post their resumes to the site. Our job boards offer aerospace, commercial, engineering, fossil, nuclear, offshore, over seas, pharmaceutical, shutdown, staffing, shipyard/marine jobs and more. For the employers, we are offering a FREE, 30-day trial to post unlimited jobs just for registering with DragUp.com. Post your jobs today! We are a direct resource for the employee’s who work in the construction industry across the United States. Our services are free for the employees to search our database for jobs and to post their resumes to the site. Our job boards offer aerospace, commercial, engineering, fossil, nuclear, offshore, over seas, pharmaceutical, shutdown, staffing, shipyard/marine jobs and more. For the employers, we are offering a FREE, 30-day trial to post unlimited jobs just for registering with DragUp.com. Post your jobs today!

]]> By: Merklin Muffley http://www.bloggernews.net/122528#comment-1418964 Merklin Muffley Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:31:05 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122528#comment-1418964 Several years ago I wrote a column based on the obit of an American Navy vet who had served on the Nautilus -America's first nuclear sub foray beneath the North Pole. The vet lived a comparitively long life. As I recall he died at about age 80. What struck me though was in the obit it said he died of mesotheliomia. I asked a friend, a former Brit nuke sub captain how this could happen since I associated all asbestos-related deaths with mid-50's industrial applications. He said it had to do with re-breathing. On a sub, nuclear or otherwise, all heat pipes, and they are many, are wrapped with asbestos insulation. That in itself is bad enough. But in a closed and sealed re-breathing environment the danger is multiplied substantially. I wish I could find the column I wrote. djchrist@cogeco.ca Several years ago I wrote a column based on the obit of an American Navy vet who had served on the Nautilus -America’s first nuclear sub foray beneath the North Pole. The vet lived a comparitively long life. As I recall he died at about age 80. What struck me though was in the obit it said he died of mesotheliomia. I asked a friend, a former Brit nuke sub captain how this could happen since I associated all asbestos-related deaths with mid-50’s industrial applications. He said it had to do with re-breathing. On a sub, nuclear or otherwise, all heat pipes, and they are many, are wrapped with asbestos insulation. That in itself is bad enough. But in a closed and sealed re-breathing environment the danger is multiplied substantially. I wish I could find the column I wrote.

djchrist@cogeco.ca

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