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Shifty Pony posted:I know the cement tiles are fairly innocuous for single exposures but those workers are likely regularly exposed. They are getting hosed and nobody cared. If it makes you feel any better in several states "professional" asbestos removal is done by convict labor, and they aren't protected by OSHA regulations nor will they be entitled to any kind of workers' compensation if/when they contract mesothelioma.
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Geoj posted:If it makes you feel any better in several states "professional" asbestos removal is done by convict labor, and they aren't protected by OSHA regulations nor will they be entitled to any kind of workers' compensation if/when they contract mesothelioma. Holy poo poo, I knew this country hated convicts, but 
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CommieGIR posted:MOST smoke detectors are STILL radioactive, unless you have one using a photodiode instead. Along these lines, all of my smoke detectors are of the ionization type (so radioactive). They're supposed to be replaced every 10 years, technically. They're 21 years old, so we're wanting to replace them. How the hell do I dispose of 8 of the drat things legally? 7 of them still work properly (1 has a very weak sounder, and causes all of the others to flip their poo poo if you so much as sneeze in its direction or even touch it - changing the backup battery in that one is always fun), but we plan to sell the house next year, and that's one thing we'll get dinged on if a remotely competent inspector gets hired (plus it's just the right thing to do.. and would take about an hour and less than $100 anyway).
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Apr 25, 2015 08:30
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Apr 25, 2015 09:23
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Done that. The city won't take them.
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some texas redneck posted:Done that. The city won't take them. Some manufacturers accept them via mail. The NRC used to require this, apparently it no longer does.
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Geoj posted:If it makes you feel any better in several states "professional" asbestos removal is done by convict labor, and they aren't protected by OSHA regulations nor will they be entitled to any kind of workers' compensation if/when they contract mesothelioma. I didn't want to say it but I'm fairly sure that, this being Texas, the workers are being treated in a similar manner due to their racial backgrounds.
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Shifty Pony posted:I didn't want to say it but I'm fairly sure that, this being Texas, the workers are being treated in a similar manner due to their racial backgrounds. How do you know all those laborers are ex race car drivers. Its rude of you to assume.
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SouthsideSaint posted:How do you know all those laborers are ex race car drivers. Its rude of you to assume. How rude of you to assume they’re race car drivers. They’re clearly air racers.
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Apr 25, 2015 14:54
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Would've joked that they could be race boat drivers too, but they never live old enough to retire
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Don't be ridiculous, it's clearly a case of Couch Racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNA5cIjm0LY
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some texas redneck posted:Done that. The city won't take them. Fire department?
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some texas redneck posted:Done that. The city won't take them. Youre in Texas right? Put them in a box and bury them in the desert somewhere.
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There's also the classic "put them in your neighbors garbage can."
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kastein posted:Yeah, any kind of fine dust of some sort that won't break down and get flushed out by the body is bad loving news. Silicate dust (very fine sand or glass dust)? Silicosis. Asbestos? Asbestosis. There's a growing body of research that says fiberglass and most other similar insoluble particulate matter with sharp edges is a cancer risk too.
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InitialDave posted:Fierosis. Its always a fierosis
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InitialDave posted:Fierosis. What about Fieriosis? 
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tater_salad posted:Id murder myself with extreme prejudice Multiple gunshot suicide.
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Great Beer posted:Youre in Texas right? Put them in a box and bury them in the desert somewhere. What desert?  Oh, you mean far west Texas. Yeah, that's like a 10 hour drive.
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some texas redneck posted:Along these lines, all of my smoke detectors are of the ionization type (so radioactive). http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22334/html/cover_025.htm lol option: don't bother with looking up the brand, just mail them off to one of the manufacturers and don't use a return address.
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some texas redneck posted:What desert? No but we all wear cowboy hats and hate gay horses to school or something.
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`Nemesis posted:
I actually would have done this. You'd need an electron tunnelling microscope to see the shits I give.
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some texas redneck posted:Along these lines, all of my smoke detectors are of the ionization type (so radioactive). Throw them in the garbage, the amounts are so vanishingly small that nothing bad could actually happen. This isn't just an opinion of an idiot on the internet, either. Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency posted:Safe disposal Once you get over ten in one go, you need to treat them as radioactive waste. So just bin'em. I mean, I guess that might not be legal, but it's not unsafe. Memento fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Apr 27, 2015 |
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`Nemesis posted:http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22334/html/cover_025.htm
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Midjack posted:Lol if you think anyone will ship a box with no return address. Exactly, that's why you use a neighbors address instead
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I've always used the address of a model home in a new development if I have to mail, uh, stuff.
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Memento posted:Throw them in the garbage, the amounts are so vanishingly small that nothing bad could actually happen. This isn't just an opinion of an idiot on the internet, either. Don't put them in a bag with anything identifiable; waste disposal centers all have radiation alarms. Don't know how sensitive they are but cat turds from a cat that's had their thyroid irradiated will set it off.
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CharlesM posted:Don't put them in a bag with anything identifiable; waste disposal centers all have radiation alarms. Don't know how sensitive they are but cat turds from a cat that's had their thyroid irradiated will set it off. Speaking from experience, or?
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Computer viking posted:Speaking from experience, or? C'mon dude that's like Cat Turd 101 level-poo poo
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CharlesM posted:Search for "household hazardous waste" + name of your city. I tried that when I dug up the radium containing spigot from my backyard. Nobody would take it, though, so I just put it on the windowsill in my garage as a decoration. From one of these: 
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Computer viking posted:Speaking from experience, or? You have to keep the turds for 90 days IIRC and after that point everything should have decayed enough.
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Midjack posted:Lol if you think anyone will ship a box with no return address. What is the USPS gonna do if you toss the box in a mail collection bin? Nothing.
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`Nemesis posted:What is the USPS gonna do if you toss the box in a mail collection bin? Nothing. If it's local put the address you want it to go to as the return address with a fake address to mail it to. Problem solved. 
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Just put the return address to the post office, and it will go in an undeliverable loop forever.
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`Nemesis posted:What is the USPS gonna do if you toss the box in a mail collection bin? Nothing. X-ray it at least and almost certainly open it. It's really an rear end in a top hat thing to do.
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Dellikose posted:Just put the return address to the post office, and it will go in an undeliverable loop forever. John was the lowest seniority at the local office so he had been assigned to run the loop. It had been 240 days now with no end in sight. Wearily he inspected his load, signed off, sighed, and started his truck. Driving the circular road surrounding the depot he sighed once more before parking in the receiving dock. As workmen unloaded the packages he checked his watch and steeled himself for the next run. As the same packages were loaded into his truck mere hours later he found his mind wandering to visions of moebius and the endless reaches of space. Perhaps this time. Perhaps there would be a fire, consuming the packages and his accursed truck. He was shaken back to reality by the sight of Mary with her clipboard at his window. Sweating, he hastily shook out a signature on the clipboard and started off. As he approached the first intersection it was as if all reality suddenly paused. He witnessed the street tearing asunder, asphalt groaning and pipes bursting as the road heaved ahead of him, curving upon itself to form a strip with no end. A flood of emotion struck him and soon he was in tears, unable to understand what was unfolding in front of him. He threw his hands from the steering wheel and bumped the indicator stock. A loud ticking penetrated his consciousness, guiding him persistently. He narrowed his eyes and focused on the dash. He turned left, and was set free.
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Midjack posted:X-ray it at least and almost certainly open it. It's really an rear end in a top hat thing to do. And then... How is that a really rear end in a top hat thing to do? Sure it's not the nicest thing, but "really rear end in a top hat" is far from what I'd call it.
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