[cctalk] Re: DEC and Asbestos

On Wed, 29 Jul 2026, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: If they're looking for an ambulance to chase, howzbout automobiles? Even the ambulance itself, like all cars up until the 1990s, has asbestos exhaust gaskets, clutch pressure disks, and brake pads and shoes! Although many have tried, nobody has been able to show causation nor even statistical correlation between asbestos exposure and cancer among auto mechanics. (and always be careful about the catastrophic consequences of conflating causation with correlation!) Heavy industries, such as shipbuilding are more likely, due to use of amphibole asbestos versus chrysotile asbestos used in automobiles [and computer disk and tape brakes?] There was one confirmed cancer death among Fukushima workers. His family was compassionately awarded compensation [or enlisted the original poster's firm?], although he was a smoker. He was very much in favor of nuclear power, and he personally insisted that his cancer was not caused by Fukushima. I think that he was the one who stuck around after the incident to pump sea water into the reactor to cool it (directly against orders from TEPCO, who were concerned that the sea water would make it more expensive to repair the plant and return it to use) Personal injury lawyers love mesothelioma cases, and advertise heavily on TV to find them, because they have better chances to get a jury to find in their favor. Has the original poster and her company also considered trolling automotive groups? Am I risking a $1.776 billion lawsuit for maligning them? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred