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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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bish
Joined: 09 Jun 2007
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I've wondered about this a number of times. I would guess most school contain asbestos. What about apartment buildings? I'm sure they do too. Is asbestos now illegal in Korea and only old buildings will contain it?
How dangerous is asbestos? |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| bish wrote: |
I've wondered about this a number of times. I would guess most school contain asbestos. What about apartment buildings? I'm sure they do too. Is asbestos now illegal in Korea and only old buildings will contain it?
How dangerous is asbestos? |
It's used to fireproof construction materials, and I don't think it hurts you just by being in the walls, but if they are doing any construction that would release asbestos dust into the air, breathing in that dust can injure your lungs and cause cancer. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Bart Simpson and a mob of schoolchildren:
"MORE ASBESTOS! MORE ASBESTOS!" |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Asbestos is good for you.
Didn't you know everything in Korea is good for you? |
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Socks
Joined: 15 May 2008
Location: somewhere in here...
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Korea is WAY BEHIND other modernised countries..
I remember way back in the early 1980's when the dangers about Asbestos were publicised..
that the government in Australia ripped down destroyed and got rid of any schools that contained asbestos..
They covered the whole building in a protective plastic wrap and sent guys in in saftey suits to destroy and dispose of the buildings
They had to dispose of everything securely - so nobody would ever breathe in that rubbish again..
after which they built new asbestos free buildings..
They also paid teachers etc who had worked in those buildings compensation...
that was 25 years ago!
Miraculous Korea! |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans cut too many corners to recognize hazards. |
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aussieb
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Brisbane,Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Australian Schools are not as free from asbestos as Socks thinks. Action only seems to be taken to remove asbestos in schools when the materials become unstable .. & even then it appears without an appropriate degree of urgency.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,25260007-3102,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,25825259-3102,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25833139-3102,00.html |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Kimchi cures sicknesses caused by inhaling asbestos fibres. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
| Kimchi cures sicknesses caused by inhaling asbestos fibres. |
I was told this as well |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:39 am Post subject: |
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| kinerry wrote: |
| GoldMember wrote: |
| Kimchi cures sicknesses caused by inhaling asbestos fibres. |
I was told this as well |
I just had my arm amputated but I bet if I eat Kimchi it will grow back  .
Kimchi cures sweet F all. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| kinerry wrote: |
| GoldMember wrote: |
| Kimchi cures sicknesses caused by inhaling asbestos fibres. |
I was told this as well |
But you have to rub it all over your body before entering the building. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
I just had my arm amputated but I bet if I eat Kimchi it will grow back .
Kimchi cures sweet F all. |
It does as much as good yogurt does. Kimchi was shown to have probiotics the same as yogurt, so it does have some gut benefit. Just not as much as some people think....
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| It's used to fireproof construction materials, and I don't think it hurts you just by being in the walls, but if they are doing any construction that would release asbestos dust into the air, breathing in that dust can injure your lungs and cause cancer. |
Don't try to confuse them with your logic... |
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