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Article: COMMENT: Why asbestos and knotweed can mean big business.
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- Mortgage Strategy
- Article date:
- April 27, 2009
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The dangers of removing asbestos and Japanese knotweed are much hyped but a glass of wine did the job in my case
It was sad to hear that Guy's hospital had to close a few wards because it found asbestos in them.
Wonderful stuff asbestos, it won't melt and no chemical exists that will damage it. You can't set it on fire, it's a great insulator and it's as tough as old boots.
The only teeny weenie downside is that it can kill you if it's inhaled in any quantity.
The worst case I saw was in a cellar in Putney in south-west London. The house had not been touched since Terry Scott was on television advertising Curly Wurlys and in the ...