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barb95
04/25/09

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I'm surprised there was an Asbestos ad like that in the 80's. I thought companies knew that asbestos was bad for people during the 60's? I work in toxic tort law (asbestos litigation) and usually stuff from the 80's and 90's doesn't come up because companies were already removing abestos from their products/buildings.
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nirreskeya
04/26/09

@barb95: Everything old is new again. The *Greeks* knew asbestos was bad for you.
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boozeshaman
04/25/09

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The link below is to an image MUCH creepier, as far as 9/11 premonitions go:

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raincoaster
04/25/09

@boozeshaman: Gawker already covered that one, too, last year I think a few months after Copyblogger did.
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lobstr
04/25/09

@boozeshaman: I got one better fer ya... and this was made in mid 2001...

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BxgrlJeri
04/25/09

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I thought the removal of the asbestos was one of the reasons the building flattened like a pancake.
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Dickdogfood
04/25/09

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I *knew* this ad couldn't be from 1998. The type was too dated, the photo doesn't have the World Financial Center, and the text has no URL. Also, speaking from experience, the Port Authority had been removing asbestos from the building around this time.
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GregSamsa
04/25/09

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Ah. Yes. [gawker.com]
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mmstk101
04/25/09

@GregSamsa: Good find. 1981 makes way more sense than 1998.
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