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I am not a little angry and shocked by the article my youngest son showed me from the internet news. I am not an American ,so I of course ,have no right to question the American Political scene, but I can comment on a matter of moral bankruptcy. The agency that controls hazardous material in your country has now said it will allow asbestos imported from Russia to be used in “ select” areas. I have spent a lot of money having asbestos taken off by licensed contractors, because given the age of the equipment we work on ,asbestos is almost always present. Now, the powers to be ,are going to allow new asbestos installation? This is morally and ethically heinous, they are willing to expose people to a product every medical association in the world has proven beyond any doubt causes death? I have watched big powerful men, shrink to cadavers from mesothelioma ,and the only thing they were guilty of ,was trying to make a honest living. This is to my way of thought ,a direct attack on the tradespeople of the Americas. Some person who has never worked an honest day in their life ,has decided their bank account and their bottom line on a spreadsheet is more important than you are! My wife is a medical professional and one of her specialties is end of life pain control. She is so much smarter than I am ,it is laughable, and she has seen too many mesothelioma cases. She has a message for all us tradespeople; stop smoking right now ,it has been her experience smoking and asbestos exposure almost always leads to this cancer. She explains it to a lay person like me in the following simplistic manner,smoking stresses your lungs to the point they can no longer treat invaders like asbestos fibres normally. She says ,healthy lungs can encapsulate the asbestos fibre and render it harmless in non chronic exposure, smoking short circuits this action and the asbestos fibre can bury itself into your lung tissue, she explained exactly how this happens but , this old HVAC mechanic cannot begin to understand the mechanism. She also told me to warn you about fibreglass ,especially the old long fibre variety, it is almost as cancer producing as asbestos, so for the sake of your family wear a freaking mask. I never thought ,given all the research condemning asbestos ,it would ever be allowed to be used again in North America, this is all about money and political favour. Is it any wonder, I hold politicians below the lowest entity I can think of? All the best and buy some masks and for heaven sakes and quit smoking! Jack, Western Canada