Talk about dangerous Christmas decorations! There once was a time when the "snow" was asbestos. Here's a photo album from FLICKR FRIEND ASBESTOS HUNTER...yes we know it's bad but the graphics on some of these boxes are fabulous. SEE THE ALBUM AT Asbestos "Snow" | Flickr
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When I was small, the Captain Kangaroo show used to occasionally include 1-5-minute movies showing educational topics, often produced by industry associations. For example, one showed how small Christmas trees were prepared for the market by cutting, nailing to stands, spraying, and flocking. But I also remember one that showed many actual and possible uses of asbestos, claiming that it was the material of the future. I also remember my Dad coming home from making asbestos-and-resin pulleys for automobiles at Delco, in a factory room where masks were optional but temperatures were so high it was nearly impossible to breath with them on. Our current house started of in the 1950s with asbestos siding, but it has two other layers on the top, so I don't feel too nervous about it. How many materials currently in use will our children and grandchildren feel the same way about?
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