RE: Tales of the Urban Explorer: High Elms Mental Hospital
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That building looks like it would have been beautiful and impressive once upon a time x_x it's in a bit of a state now.
Please be careful around asbestos x_x (like you need to be told that XD)
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How dare you malign asbestos, the modern miracle material approved and endorsed by THE SCIENCE (TM) over a century ago, and in common use until the 1970s.
Its the evolution of mankind! In the 50's... doctors advocated Camels... as you can see.
Just about everywhere I go there's asbestos. It's a peril of my dangerous activity.
One of the largest producers of asbestos in the world is Canada. It is of course banned in Canada, but they happily export it, mostly to Asia.
I remember decades ago government grants to homeowners to insulate their houses, the method used was to blow asbestos between the studs. Years later they gave out grants to remove that shit.
It's all banned here, I didn't know it was still being produced!
I left Canada in 2011 - now I find out they did close the last asbestos mines just that year. The union I belonged to had been fighting to close them, but I retired in 2005, so I didn't get the latest news about it. Good to know they came to their senses.
Anyway, they even changed the name of the one-company town of the largest mine:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/world/americas/asbestos-quebec-canadian-town.html