Monday 22 October 2007

EU F***wittery and Child cruelty

There was a fine article in this morning's Metro (no link) about a girl whose parents drag all the way from Kent to Sheffield once a week to train for the Olympics diving competition, her local pool having been closed because 'asbestos was found in the roof'.

Point 1 is that her parents ought to be done for child cruelty.

Point 2 is that this is almost certainly white asbestos, which is nigh harmless, especially if it's encased in something else, as Christopher Booker has been pointing out for years. As opposed to blue or brown asbestos, which are real killers.

But, as we know, the EU is in fact 31,000 bureaucrats who churn out directives at the behest of industry lobby groups, which is pretty much mirrored in the machinations at UK level. So, in this instance, a totally artifical market has been created in 'asbestos removal', all in the name of Elfin Safety.

Bastards.

2 comments:

CatWoman said...

Really?
I haven't heard about this scam going on here. I didn't know that asbestos came in 3 categories.
We generally just hear it called plain asbestos. No colours or anything.
I've been enlightened.

Anonymous said...

Yup. But be careful; asbestos is sometimes used in a mixture of more than one sort. Also, it can discolour in use. There is also a huge synergystic interaction with smoking; non-smokers are much, much safer. Still, there would seem to be a MIGHTY scam going on.