"MODERN PAVING TECHNIQUES W/ ASBESTOS FIBER " 1960s JOHNS-MANVILLE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION FILM 99054

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"MODERN PAVING TECHNIQUES W/ ASBESTOS FIBER " 1960s JOHNS-MANVILLE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION FILM 99054

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Johns-Manville presents a 1960’s color movie called "Modern Paving Techniques with Asbestos Fiber in Asphalt Mixes." The purpose of the film is to show how asphalt can be strengthened through different mixing techniques, including using asbestos -- a natural fibrous mineral that was later banned due to its terrible health effects. Asphalt presented significant risk to workers prior to the 1970s when asbestos was commonly added to asphalt used to construct roads. Asbestos added strength to asphalt which was especially important in colder climates where roads break down more easily. Workers who constructed those roads were put at risk of inhaling asbestos fibers. Today, workers and residents who live near these roads may be at risk as older, asbestos-containing asphalt roads are broken down for repaving.
The film opens with a car driving down the highway. Different roads are shown, 1:00. Traffic in the city, 1:20. Weathered roads that are cracked, 1:47. Potholes, 1:55. Different defaults in the asphalt are shown, 2:05. Pothole at a bus stop, 2:18. Plane lands on runway, 2:35. Old car on mud road, 2:50. Old Model T Ford car stuck in the mud, 3:00. Cars get stuck in 1 lane traffic, 3:15. Old footage in the city with cars buzzing, 3:40. Modern road with heavy traffic, 3:55. Asphalt being laid and flattened, 4:15. Asbestos is added to asphalt and laid on the ground. Ratios of asbestos to asphalt are shown, 4:41. Adding asbestos causes no loss of stability, 4:55. Asphalt is mixed, 5:03. Asbestos is mixes from bags into asphalt, 5:22. Asphalt is laid by crew and rolled, 5:50. Asphalt mix is flattened, 6:08. United States map is shown - over 150 authorities are evaluating asphalt pavement, 6:30. The Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos Quebec, Canada, 7:00. The Jeffrey Mill, 7:18. Asbestos fibers occur in veins in the rock, 7:31. Individual asbestos fibers, 7:38. Asbestos under the microscope, 7:55. Floor tiles, 8:17. Roofing with asbestos, 8:25. Roof decks, joint fillers, bridge planks, 8:40. Large trucks, 9:03. Trucks go up the mountain, 9:32. Johns Manville research center, 10:05. Scientists test asbestos properties, 10:24. Representative from Johns Manville research center, 10:35. Asbestos graphic, 11:00. Scientists administer tests, 11:10. Man talks to camera, 11:34. Weathering tests, 11:55. Cracking tests are administered, 12:25. The scientists run varying tests on asbestos mixed with asphalt, 12:50. Test results are revealed, 13:00. Pavement sections made under laboratory control, 13:30. Wheel machine goes around on a turntable to test asphalt, 13:50. Durability testing, 14:10. Man continues to talk to camera, 14:40. Test strip in Manville, New Jersey. Constructed in 1959. Side by side with standard pavement is an asbestos/asphalt surface, 15:15. Side by side comparisons of standard asphalt versus asbestos/asphalt mix, 15:35. Cracked asphalt, 15:54. Side by side testing results, 16:10. Thin overlays, 16:24. Tight impermeable asphalt surfaces, 16:45. Beautiful neighborhood roads, 17:05. Fifth wheel assembly, 17:18. Wet roads are created, 17:30. Men lay asphalt for a bus stop, 17:51. Extruded curbing, 18:00. 340 degrees Fahrenheit, 18:15. Durability. Bridge decks, 18:40. Coal patch maintenance, 18:48. Vinton A. Savage, Engineer of Primary Highways of the Maine Highway Commission, 19:20. Mr. Savage speaks to the camera, 19:45. Paul Martin, General Crushed Stone Company, Easton Pennsylvania. Mr. Martin speaks to the camera, 20:30. Mr. Curtis B Watrouse of the Peckham Road Corporation White Plains, NY. Mr. Watrouse speaks to the camera, 21:25. Asphalt is rolled, 21:51. Men working on the road, 22:10. Asbestos helps to reduce weathering, flexural fatigue, raveling, flushing, shoving, rutting, 22:27. Highway scene, 22:40. Use asbestos for heavy duty pavements, joint fillers, cold patching, curbing and thin overlays, 22:50. Johns-Manville, Paving Engineers.
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@brad3435 4 жыл бұрын

Narrator: "If these techniques provoke a smile today, what will our present techniques look like 50 years from now?" 50 years later: If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation.

@koriko88 4 жыл бұрын

If Trump gets reelected, he'll probably try to reintroduce asbestos.

@Zhertzpro 4 жыл бұрын

@@koriko88 what a stupid comment

@lostintime8651 4 жыл бұрын

@@koriko88 asbestos is an awesome product. As long as you never get it in your lungs. Which is impossible unless you only use robots to make it and install it.

@lostintime8651 4 жыл бұрын

@@Zhertzpro it's sad when people have no idea how good Trump has been for America. They can never back up their hate with facts. Trust me I ask. And never get any honest reply.

@herpnderpn2484 4 жыл бұрын

@@lostintime8651 He hasn't been super great either. He isn't Herbert hoover level, but he isn't a Abraham or Eisenhower I remember all the stuff he very clearly said was going to be done in his first year. Tear up the ACA.....not quite Trade deals.........no Wall........no We will be prosperous......eh, well see.

@TheGreatDrAsian 4 жыл бұрын

"Asbestos requires no special handling" Oh. Ok.

@baardkopperud 4 жыл бұрын

Requires? Maybe not... But respirator, goggles, gloves and perhaps a protective suit; is still probably a good idea!

@philipcooper8297 4 жыл бұрын

The funny bit is, they knew asbestos causes fibrosis way before this video was even made.

@volundrfrey896 4 жыл бұрын

tbf the actual laying of the asphalt was probably the safest part, all the asbestos was tied up into the asphalt. The poor sucker putting it into the mix wasn't so lucky.

@NikovK 4 жыл бұрын

@@volundrfrey896 He needed a mask, same as fiberglass. People act like it goes in through your skin like freaking VX.

@zach4384 4 жыл бұрын

The problem is you bring it home. It gets in your clothes. Over several years little by little it kills you. Once it's in your lungs it stays there.

@chrisfreemesser5707 4 жыл бұрын

Adding asbestos makes EVERYTHING better...roads, flooring, insulation, salad dressing, underwear...the list goes on and on. Oh asbestos, what would we do without you?

@oleskool4413 4 жыл бұрын

I add some to my cereals every morning, so I can become fireproof.

@garymckee8857 4 жыл бұрын

@@oleskool4413 😆

@jusb1066 4 жыл бұрын

Makes my underpants itchy though

@lightdark00 4 жыл бұрын

I love my asbestos oven mitts.

@PilotAwe 4 жыл бұрын

Russians used asbestos in their gas mask filters

@101bennyc 4 жыл бұрын

That guy splitting bags of asbestos is definitely dead.

@edplaysdrums8435 4 жыл бұрын

Poor bloke, he would have had no idea. Funny thing is it doesn't kill everyone who is exposed, even highly exposed people wont get it for sure.

@gustavrsh 4 жыл бұрын

Or most of the people featured in this video

@OneVerySadPanda 4 жыл бұрын

Ed Plays Drums Asbestos exposure plus smoking cigarettes is the highest cause for mesothelioma and or lung cancer.

@markkrause4407 4 жыл бұрын

Yes , dead , considering otherwise he would be nearing 100.

@matthewsmith2787 3 жыл бұрын

It’s possible, but not everyone who is exposed to asbestos is killed

@christopherconard2831 4 жыл бұрын

Somewhere a lawyer is looking at this like it's porn.

@syxepop 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever at Johns Manville (best know now for their NON-PINK home insulation materials) greenlighted this doc back then was like those advertising companies that put those Dutch Boy LEAD ads decades before (did it with DISREGARDS for THE HEALTH of the people). In both cases decades ago THE COMPANIES KNEW some of the UNHEALTHFUL consequences on the use of both LEAD and ASBESTOS. PS: (5:10) The MOST UNHEALTHFUL part of this use of ASBESTOS is shown AT PLAIN SIGHT, as in INHALING THE FIBERS while mixing it with the asphalt... (today CONCRETE is used to reinforce BUS STOPS rather than HD ASPHALT)

@88njtrigg88 4 жыл бұрын

Sir, unfortunately not one compensation claim has been...or will be..successful in Australia. People involved in cleanup are not able to make claims also.

@syxepop 4 жыл бұрын

@@88njtrigg88 - WHAT AN EFFED UP SYSTEM OF DELIVERING JUSTICE!

@88njtrigg88 4 жыл бұрын

@@syxepop The Australian legal system is draconian. Needless to say l didn't complete the Asbestos course @ $1000 for 2days. Training, learning & living in Australia is expensive & draconian too.

@JimLahey21 4 жыл бұрын

Hahhaha

@Akula114 4 жыл бұрын

I do litigation support, meaning my job requires me to be present at a number of depositions and witness (often victim) interviews. I'll never forget one gentleman and his wife. He was near the end but came into a conference room for his testimony which required 2 days since he could only go for a few hours at a time. At the conclusion, he addresses everyone in the room and thanked us for being so kind. He said this not only to the legal team representing him, but also the opposite side who had grilled him about any and every possible exposure he might have had from other sources. He wished us all his best and hoped we would stay happy and healthy. He slowly left the somewhat quieter room. I found out he passed away just a few days later. What else can you say after witnessing that...

@hkk3656 Жыл бұрын

You could say: I hope he pre-paid his bill.

@donprather742 4 жыл бұрын

5:09 The poor guy is literally cracking open a bag of asbestos dust and dumping it into a hopper without a mask or any type of breathing protection... just his bare hands and a pair of overalls. I can imagine he was probably dead from respiratory failure or lung cancer by age 55.

@nigelwest3280 4 жыл бұрын

Don Prather that’s how I watched the whole thing, none of these people could have lived very long being in this business!

@albear972 4 жыл бұрын

The style of the time and the "good old days" some people pine for.

@PhaQ2 4 жыл бұрын

@@albear972 Life is a series of risk decisions. If you want a risk free lifestyle, never leave mom's basement.

@PhaQ2 4 жыл бұрын

@@ronlynquist9183 Death wish? Now that's a great strawman! Are you hoping to scare away the crows with that? 🤣

@DCFusor 4 жыл бұрын

@@PhaQ2 Dunno, some moms are pretty dangerous...

@gregh7457 4 жыл бұрын

my uncle used to work for johns manville in the 50's and 60's and 70;s He used to come home from work every night covered in asbestos fibers at one of the LA plants. Last time i saw him was in '03 before he died of mesothelioma.. After working all those years, he lost his retirement because of the bankruptcy. He said the company owner or one of them would come in sometimes with a young bimbo on his arm. He said the guy pissed away the company with all the bimbo's. He was pretty bitter about the whole situation. He only got a small settlement from the lawsuit

@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын

I knew Tommy Manville was a womanizer and constant bridegroom.

@SebisRandomTech 4 жыл бұрын

The most 1960’s thing I’ve ever seen - Just Add Asbestos! ;)

@MySparkle888 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos in roads. The best idea since lead in gasoline!

@MrHmg55 4 жыл бұрын

More asbestos in EVERYTHING!

@christopherconard2831 4 жыл бұрын

Both come under the heading "Seemed like a good idea at the time."

@tarstarkusz 4 жыл бұрын

Probably not a single person died from it and who knows how many driver's lives were saved by it. A ledger has 2 sides, you know!

@smcic 4 жыл бұрын

tarstarkusz why are you lobbying for the asbestos industry? Lol

@jusb1066 4 жыл бұрын

I guess if we put it in everything people gain immunity

@deadfreightwest5956 4 жыл бұрын

We must all do asbestos we can.

@offroadtoad456 4 жыл бұрын

Funny

@Wayoutthere 4 жыл бұрын

Lame but funny

@theangrytexan6846 4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha very funny

@milkman2591 4 жыл бұрын

Highly underrated comment

@jimcervantes5659 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dad,

@leepinlepin 4 жыл бұрын

I'm getting mesothelioma by just watching this.

@AltimaNEO 4 жыл бұрын

You may be entitled to compensation

@gorillaau 4 жыл бұрын

@@AltimaNEO can we start a class action?

@thelarry383 4 жыл бұрын

It's your money, and you want it now?

@leepinlepin 4 жыл бұрын

I have an annuity and I need cash now!

@ryancraig2795 4 жыл бұрын

OMG. The dangers of asbestos may be slightly exaggerated today, but watching that guy cut open and dump bales of fiber into the mix is horrifying.

@pcno2832 4 жыл бұрын

There were probably safe ways of handling the stuff (it's actually much less dangerous than the butter-flavored stuff they sprinkle on popcorn today), but companies like Mansville had already exposed so many people to it that they were afraid that adopting reasonable precautions would be an admission of prior negligence, so they just went on letting people poison themselves. Human nature can be a nasty thing sometimes.

@21stcenturyfossil7 4 жыл бұрын

Or that red fingernailed hand model picking through that asbestos as if it were cotton.

@98dizzard 4 жыл бұрын

@@pcno2832 ahhhh, popcorn lung, my favourite flavour.

@flexairz 4 жыл бұрын

@@ronlynquist9183 It is. With the proper handling its safe.

@ryancraig2795 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was banned for a reason, despite its usefulness. But the precautions taken when encountering old uses of it now border on the hysterical.

@robertbell525 4 жыл бұрын

When the guy was tearing open asbestos bags and dumping it in I about died. Asbestos is amazing stuff, too bad it's so dangerous.

@peteri8924 4 жыл бұрын

He died 2 weeks after the film was made.

@donmoore7785 4 жыл бұрын

No mask, no gloves, no arm covering.

@rogerNOmore 4 жыл бұрын

@@peteri8924 Then his ashes were used in an asphalt mixture.

@GaryNumeroUno 2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerNOmore Trouble was his body would not burn! Had to bury him!

@viktormichael821 2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryNumeroUno win

@electronicscaos 4 жыл бұрын

"To the eyes, the asbestos mix looks like standard mix, to the lungs of this guy doing the mix..."

@TheObersalzburg 2 жыл бұрын

Having watched this, I thought of the "joys" of living in the Gary-Hammond Indiana area in the 50's and 60's: Asbestos from pavement with asbestos additive Asbestos from the automotive brake linings Asbestos in floor and ceiling tiles Lead from the vehicle exhausts Lead in the paint High percentage of adults participating in unrestricted tobacco smoking Plus all the toxic chemicals belched out by the local refineries and steel mills. (This provided beautiful sunsets.) It's almost as if some diabolical science experiment was taking place measuring the resilience of the human body.

@viktormichael821 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Username. I'll meet you at The Berghoff.

@samhouston1673 Жыл бұрын

Now, they just all sit around getting high on the new asbestos...marijuana. Just like the tobacco and asbestos industries, the negative effects are kept close to the industry breast pocket and like the OBiden Regimes, all negative reports suppressed.

@ffffuchs Жыл бұрын

Its not a diabolical science experiment, its called unregulated capitaalism.

@bigblockjalopy Ай бұрын

Yeah, how lucky we are, that today it is so much better! Got the jab? Got a smart phone?

@ultrametric9317 4 жыл бұрын

Sort of irrelevant, but @2:41 we see an Eastern Boeing 720 (yes 720, a short-haul edition of the 707) in an unusual pre-"hockey stick" livery. There were only 15 of these jets and they only carried the livery seen here for a couple of years (1961-2). The side says "FLY EASTERN AIR LINES" which was later shortened to just "FLY EASTERN". This was the only Eastern aircraft to have this scheme, so this is a somewhat rare video for aviation nerds. The jets were retired in 1969.

@Caplax40 4 жыл бұрын

All the men in this film, or their loved ones, may be entitled to compensation.

@MySparkle888 4 жыл бұрын

I read that in the adverts voice!

@tarstarkusz 4 жыл бұрын

It just shows how overblown asbestos hysteria is. This stuff is EVERYWHERE! If it were anywhere near as dangerous as people think it was, there would be many millions of deaths every single year. Yet, remarkably, in the UK, where asbestos was used very heavily in building construction, a mere 2,000 people die a year because of it. At least 1/2 of the UK population has had significant exposure.

@jusb1066 4 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz mere 2000. ...

@Hanzyscure 4 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz 2,000 is OK ?

@tarstarkusz 4 жыл бұрын

@@Hanzyscure Obviously not. But there are 2 sides to ever ledger. Is 40,000 people dead a year from driving OK? We have collectively decided that 40k people a year dead is a price worth paying to drive. There are undoubtedly more people saved every year by the fact that we drive.

@MardyGit 4 жыл бұрын

When I was an apprentice in the mid-1970's there was a wall plug material called Phillplug used for preparing holes for screws. The experienced guys would put a plug in their mouth and chew it to make it soft and pliable. It was asbestos based. I use the new plastic plugs, which is why probably why I am still alive and in good health.

@jusb1066 4 жыл бұрын

I still have some!

@Hanzyscure 4 жыл бұрын

Ingesting it isn't as deadly as inhaling it. When it becomes airborne and the micro fibers enter your lungs. The fibers never leave.

@jacksons1010 4 жыл бұрын

Hanzy Scure True, but a significant number of people got peritoneal mesothelioma from ingesting the stuff. Less deadly doesn’t make it ok.

@Crazywaffle5150 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! LOL

@mfbfreak 7 ай бұрын

These existed also under the name 'Rawlplug'

@yakacm 4 жыл бұрын

What will our roads look like in 50 years time? Not very good is the answer.

@lcrazy8l 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking "yea uh, it's 50 years later now... Looks the same honestly."

@PACstove 4 жыл бұрын

wont need any. anti grav is just around the corner. PAY ATTENTION!

@robertthomas5906 4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? I remember the roads when I was a kid, 50 years ago. The stuff we have today is a dream side of that old stuff. The road outside of my house is 30 years old. Not one pot hole, it holds up to semi traffic and looks fine. The 30 year old roads 50 years ago had to be replaced or filed down to the cement under it and re-laid in the 1980s after just 20-25 years of use. Those roads laid in the 1980s today are fine.

@James_Bowie 4 жыл бұрын

Actually at 3:26 his question is about the _techniques_ in use at that time.

@k3kboi665 4 жыл бұрын

@@robertthomas5906 and how many roads were laid in the 80's? Ah right, basicly none! They all were made in the 40-60's

@Itzzmeagain28 4 жыл бұрын

There's something soothing about watching these old informative films.

@miltoncallan1471 4 жыл бұрын

In the early 70's I had a part time job where I worked in the false ceiling of the Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, CA. Years later while working at a different job, I stopped in the Topanga Mall just to look around and there was a massive construction project with plastic barriers covering a new false ceiling under the old one where they were removing the one I worked in. Found out it was full of asbestos. I thought for sure I was going to die. Fortunately, 50 years later I have suffered no ill affects of the asbestos I used to crawl around in. I did loose a lot of sleep back in the day worrying about how it would affect me. Guess I'm just lucky!

@hckyplyr9285 4 жыл бұрын

No most people can be exposed to any amount of asbestos and suffer no ill effects. Only some people are affected and no one knows quite why.

@jarikinnunen1718 4 жыл бұрын

2/3 of lung cancers caused by tobacco and it's totally not needed, stupid thing. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o5-EebirvODLf6M.html It going strong.

@moabt.frican7163 4 жыл бұрын

@@hckyplyr9285 its only dangerous if its fibers are inhaled or ingested, like if you breathed in dust or had it on your hands and ate or smoked or something and were exposed to/doing that for long periods of time. If you touched solid pieces it dosent do harm like it would if you breathed it in or ingested it.

@mdlclassworker3384 4 жыл бұрын

It's asbestos dust that's bad, during application and removal mainly, when in solid form it's no harm at all

@haleroofing8150 4 жыл бұрын

Latensee period is 30 - 40 years for asbestos, I have removed it for over 20 years in NYS, cost $500.00 to get certified and its $150.00 per year to keep it.

@rob57ert 2 жыл бұрын

Love these 'PERSCOPE FILMS'... we really can see how/why we got so screwed up, oh and some success. PLEASE KEEP THE FILMS COMING!.

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@marks6663 4 жыл бұрын

The bestest highway is an asbestos highway.

@James_Bowie 4 жыл бұрын

... and so say all of us!

@ZakiWasik 4 жыл бұрын

As bestos as can get!

@melissadrift4989 4 жыл бұрын

10:06 - I remember when they tore down that building in Manville NJ. Seeing all those people in hazmat gear and the thought of there being this toxic stuff in there that was giving everyone cancer, creeped me out so much when I was a kid. They put a Walmart where that building is now. People in town actually got sick from breathing in the asbestos because the factory put it out into the air.

@ctdieselnut 4 жыл бұрын

Right now, somewhere, an osha handbook just burst into flames.

@JeepsNdieselMan 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos, agent orange, ddt, leaded gas, lead paint, etc... and the entire time somebody knew it was all dangerous to human health. Profits, folks. It’s all about the profits.

@janeblogs324 4 жыл бұрын

But Hitlers the enemy, not the military Indus.....

@1337fraggzb00N 4 жыл бұрын

Like Obamacare but with less victims.

@Jemalacane0 4 жыл бұрын

www.cato.org/publications/commentary/bring-back-ddt

@internetbodhi1009 2 ай бұрын

@@janeblogs324 user was deleted by Boeing.

@27Blur 4 жыл бұрын

"John's Mansville and the American Oil Company: The best of both worlds!"

@Azzurra2k 4 жыл бұрын

The answer to the How will it look 50 years from now is: Cancer

@KPearce57 4 жыл бұрын

In Texas we have roads paved with crushed glass (they sparkle at night) and chopped up tires (they show rust stains)

@lightdark00 4 жыл бұрын

I never noticed sparkling roads. Also rusty roads due to the steel wire in tires I didn’t see either.

@juliogonzo2718 4 жыл бұрын

Couple of the roads here are red. Lots of red granite here so it got used as filler.

@nicoh332 4 жыл бұрын

Glass on roads hmmm...

@pauloja5091 4 жыл бұрын

@@juliogonzo2718 Red granite is actually the best, much than asphalt made with limestone gravel (that looks gray as the road becomes older and wears out much faster). Didn't even know Texas had granite.

@juliogonzo2718 4 жыл бұрын

@@pauloja5091 I'm in Canada along the boreal forest. We got lots of granite :)

@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644 4 жыл бұрын

That shit was literally everywhere and in everything , started in a steel mill millwright gang in the 70's and we had rolls of it on our picnic table cutting it into smaller rolls to wrap hoses on the furnaces to protect from heat never being told of the dangers. It was even used in cigarette filters. Kent cigarettes used to have magazine ads boasting of their micronite filters. Floor tiles, car brakes, house siding,insulation, protective heat clothing the list goes on .

@CasualTS 2 жыл бұрын

This film is so cheery and excited about the future and yet: "During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, [Johns-Manville] faced thousands of individual and class action lawsuits based on asbestos-related injuries such as asbestosis, lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. As a result, the company voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1982. At that time, it was the largest company in United States history to have done so." -- Wikipedia

@jarheadlife 4 жыл бұрын

Went to school from 4th grade until 8th that was built in 55. The ceilings were abestos. Pencils and penny’s were stuck all over in it. The school still stands today after being closed for 30 years. No one will tear it down.

@SimirJohnson 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos sounds great! Think of all the other uses for this product we could find!

@waterheaterservices 4 жыл бұрын

Make Asbestos Great Again

@Shimerville_Sheik 4 жыл бұрын

Very very funny comment!!

@seniorjuanvaldez 4 жыл бұрын

you sir win the internet!

@nicoh332 4 жыл бұрын

You have achieved comedy!

@johnyboytown 4 жыл бұрын

Quality 😂

@baardkopperud 4 жыл бұрын

Don't give the Whitehouse any ideas - they seem determent remove any law and regulation that could possible stand between a business and making profit!

@mattj65816 4 жыл бұрын

Every now and then I watch a KZfaq video primarily to read the comments. The acerbic wit of a few hundred dips**ts gifted with the keen insight that only 50 years of 20/20 hindsight and frequent media drumbeat can provide. Magnifique! If only KZfaq had been around to warn them...

@juliest631 4 жыл бұрын

"In 1981, Johns-Manville Corporation was renamed simply "Manville". In 1982, facing unprecedented liability for asbestos injury claims, Johns Manville voluntarily filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11" Working today… to create health problems of the future!

@pcno2832 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos was good stuff for some things; tough, rot-proof, fire-resistant.. But it was probably overkill for this, especially with all the dust kicked up by traffic on even a tough road. But when they took the asbestos out, they left us with roads that are continuously falling apart and they still seem too brittle today. We should be putting fiberglass, mineral wool, maybe even old clothes, into the asphalt to make it more flexible; what they use now, at least in the north-east, isn't working.

@tookitogo Жыл бұрын

I kinda doubt that the asbestos in asphalt pavements really gets kicked up as dust. And do we have any evidence that asbestos ever became a common additive in asphalt?

@gregman1715 Жыл бұрын

I Was Born In The Late 60s So I Love Anything About That Time✌️

@chriseggleton9859 4 жыл бұрын

I lost my step dad due to asbestos. I work in road construction and wonder how many roads still contain asbestos today. I’ve never seen a test.

@jfbeam Жыл бұрын

It's unlikely any of them still exist. They would've been rebuilt long long ago.

@internetbodhi1009 2 ай бұрын

Asbestos in tar is safe. Cutting the bags to make the asphalt, mining it, spraying it in insulation, changing brake pads and inhaling the dust is not.

@goblins2k5 12 күн бұрын

@@jfbeam Plenty are still there, underneath many layers of repavement jobs. Old rural roads often don't get properly rebuilt, they just keep paving over it every few years.

@jfbeam 11 күн бұрын

@@goblins2k5 None of the rural roads I'm aware of in NC have any sort of substrate. Tar goes right on graded surface and gravel (literally) dumped on that. I've watched hundreds of miles of road built like that. (Today they tend to use asphalt for everything, but it's the same process.) Interstates are usually built better, but thanks to many layers of corruption, the lowest bidder builds complete crap that has to be replaced immediately.

@ridemgis 4 жыл бұрын

Teflon - another industry innovation now biting us on the ass!

@georgemartin1436 4 жыл бұрын

WOW! This asbestos stuff is a miracle! Let's use it EVERYWHERE!

@alphonsocarioti512 Ай бұрын

Asbestos is a miracle construction material that will age perfectly forever.

@juliest631 4 жыл бұрын

"Look how I read these cue cards… you can trust me, I'm at a desk!"

@Black.dynamite- 4 жыл бұрын

It's got best right in the name so what could go wrong?

@malcolmmarzo2461 4 жыл бұрын

It's natural. So it must be okay....

@tarstarkusz 4 жыл бұрын

It is nowhere near as dangerous as people think. I wouldn't huff the stuff, but the danger is massively overblown in the US.

@deadfreightwest5956 4 жыл бұрын

Just like arsenic or cadmium!

@VC-Toronto 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget radon, hemlock,

@lightdark00 4 жыл бұрын

tarstarkusz the rock isn’t dangerous. When it’s worn tiny fibers, then it is.

@PilotAwe 4 жыл бұрын

@@lightdark00 The fibers are dangerous only when inhaled though, its not like some nuclear waste thats dangerous being next to

@darkwolfe6986 4 жыл бұрын

Sad to think about those people working directly with asbestos, and that even before this film was made these companies already knew asbestos was dangerous to your health

@Starchface Жыл бұрын

"What will our present techniques look like fifty years from now?" Well, funny you mention that...

@drdean9913 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Corvette @ 18:35

@michaelmartinez1345 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting segment from the late 50's to early 60's... Very interesting testing process. It is amazing how people were handling the pure asbestos with their bare hands and no masks being used at all... What happened to those who worked at the mines where this material was processed? I wonder if they had any idea of what the effect of asbestos fibers are to the respiratory systems of people and animals back then? And , what has been used to replace asbestos? The intent of using asbestos for so many things seemed to be very well accepted and positive back then, but I guess, we learn as time goes on... The 60 year old footage was very cool !!! Thank you for presenting this!!!

@JonW77 Жыл бұрын

I can't answerr all your questions but I can tell you what Asbestos has been replaced with. There's 5 main replacements (depending on where exactly it's being used) 1. Amorphous Silica Fibres - These are used mainly for insulation and heat proofing in industrial settings. 2. Cellulose Fibre - This again is mainly insulation but this is used in domestic settings, like house insulation. 3. Polyurethane foam - This is a spray on insulation used in roofing, floatation devices, car upholstery and seating and prop making in movie/theatre sets. 4. Flour Fibres - These are mainly crack and crevice fillers and to some degree, insulation. 5. Thermoset Plastic Flour - This is mostly used to create moulded products and sometimes electrical insulation.

@publicmail2 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos had excellent qualities and in most all products after it was added was not dangerous unless airbourne, asbestos tiles are everywhere today and completely safe unless you break and crack them up. Today there are substitutes that do the same and don't kill you 20 years later when you breath it in.

@PilotAwe 4 жыл бұрын

Really? Can you name one product that has the same positive properties as asbestos, im very curious

@hckyplyr9285 4 жыл бұрын

@@PilotAwe There aren't any, not at the same cost and with the same ease of processing, range of capabilities, etc.

@ingvarhallstrom2306 4 жыл бұрын

Which only makes it a bitch producing it and destructing it, but I guess using it should be ok then?

@eldepavas 4 жыл бұрын

Martin: In a sample taken in this very classroom, a state inspector found 1.74 parts per million of asbestos! Bart: That's not enough! We demand MORE asbestos! Rest of the class: MORE ASBESTOS! MORE ASBESTOS!

@andyfeimsternfei8408 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos is an amazing product with many wonderful properties and uses; except one.

@jfchonors8873 2 жыл бұрын

When this video was made the health risks from asbestos were already known. JM didn’t care so long as they sold more product.

@robpeters5204 2 жыл бұрын

“Requires no special handling”. Mans famous shortsightedness.

@jimciancio9005 2 жыл бұрын

Somehow my mother worked for John's Manville in the mid to late 50s as a secretary and she escaped all the asbestos related issues that her Co workers ended up dying early in life from even in the offices in Manhattan, the bosses would be in and out of the office constantly checking in on products and production coming back into the office probably full of asbestos fibers on their clothes and person. They would handle the stuff back then like it was 100Xs safer than fiberglass, not knowing what they were doing or inhaling. My grandfather was an engineer in boiler rooms on ships during WW2 and afterwards worked inside schools heating systems down in NYC. Somehow the man survived to the age of 84 and eventually was caught up with asbestos related throat cancer from handling the stuff like it was Nothing more than a harmless rock substance. It's ingrained in the family here! My house is insulated with John's Manville fiberglass insulation as well lol. But yes they really had no clue back then what they were doing to themselves!

@titomish5914 Жыл бұрын

Does that fiberglass insulation contain asbestos?

@HSMiyamoto 4 жыл бұрын

When this film was made, the Atomic Energy Commission was proposing to add enough radioactive material to pavements to eliminate the need to plow the snow! Just imagine what our cancer rate would be if that idea had been put to use.

@terry_willis 2 жыл бұрын

To all the naysayers, there has NEVER been a fire in any roads paved with asbestos infused asphalt.

@Mookie21378 4 жыл бұрын

😳WOW! Makes it all better with such a soothing voice...

@jakebrakebill 4 жыл бұрын

As a small kid in the early 60's I had my head out the window on one side of the car and the dog was hanging out the other side, just breathing it all in. Lol...….

@kimmy_future4265 4 жыл бұрын

"Asbestos floor tiles" uhh i have definitely ripped up tiles with fibers in it... also the house i grew up in had asbestos siding and roof tiles and i remember playing with broken tiles and being intrigued by the crystals lmao. Whoops.

@P-G-77 4 жыл бұрын

Only one child is missing who in front of the camera says "I like asbestos !!!" and the mother who replies "here take a piece and play with it"

@1337fraggzb00N 4 жыл бұрын

Or that guy with the hat saying:"That's right, Timmy! Asbestos is the future - TODAY!".

@AlexStypik 4 жыл бұрын

Modern day Nano tech is the same as this was back then. 60 years from now they will say all this nano stuff was bad for us. OMG the lady handling that stuff with bare hands and inhaling it, classic. All natural, so good for you? lol

@CrowdControl123 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, my grandma had three big chunks of asbestos in her rock garden. We used to break pieces off and play with that crap. I guess we were lucky, because none of us have ever had any lung issues.

@konsul2006 4 жыл бұрын

2020: plastics roads and solar freakin' roadways👀😳

@mrbisshie 4 жыл бұрын

Plastic roads sounds like a pretty bad idea. Cars would driver over it, and micro plastic goes everywhere, including into water, lol.

@onometre 4 жыл бұрын

plastic roads are absolutely the modern equivalent of asbestos roads

@TheSkace 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrbisshie Wait until you hear about tires degradating by rolling

@daveb3910 3 жыл бұрын

All of which failed miserably

@edplaysdrums8435 4 жыл бұрын

This video is fantastic! The style, the footage and the content.

@charlesbonkley 2 жыл бұрын

Today, with the aid of this film, I learned that there is an actual place called Asbestos, Canada.

@hom2fu 4 жыл бұрын

in 1960, a new miracle today, it kills

@misium 4 жыл бұрын

There are probably still places in the USA with decaying asbestos roads.

@operator91210 2 жыл бұрын

Without question. There's a small forgotten 2 lane blacktop with asbestos waiting to be discovered!

@frankroberts9320 4 жыл бұрын

22:04. This is why OSHA happened. Seat belts? Hell, we don't even use seats!

@julianhermanubis6800 2 жыл бұрын

Whew! It's hot work putting down this asphalt with asbestos. Time to take a break and light up a Lucky Strike cigarette.

@TheAirSofterblaster200 Жыл бұрын

This video aged like fine wine Asbestos really is a wonder material…. To bad for the health risks

@auxityne 3 жыл бұрын

Asbestos in your roads, asbestos in your brake pads, asbestos in your insulation, asbestos in your lungs.

@maurin8117 4 жыл бұрын

ah, yes the 60's when you were cruising the asbestos filled higway in your 57 chevy bel'air with its 4 liter v8 chuggin allong on super leaded fuel

@kilometersnoblue4311 2 жыл бұрын

im 31, born in 1991 and im like how self aware this film was to ask "What will building techniques be like in 50 years"...well, were BUSY getting rid of that not so amazing additive. its crazy to think there is a place called asbestos canada. then to hear them say "Asbestos fibers protect our homes". BRUH...protect is not the word i would use, they rain proofed things yes...but insured an early death to others.

@bendover9411 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos, a natural wonder! Not only for roads, it makes a great loaf of bread too!

@muttsez 11 ай бұрын

dont forget cookies and pies....

@Bobshouse 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos...the miracle fiber!!

@rubiconnn 4 жыл бұрын

2:44 I've seen this footage so many times in so many films. I wonder what the original use of it was.

@davidgeorge7949 4 жыл бұрын

insulation, brake pads filler for any thing look up libby montana

@johnnyz.fradley2306 Жыл бұрын

For further road protection coat it with any lead-based paint. According to Wiki the US has not completely banned asbestos. Also in 2020 the town of Asbestos Quebec changed their name to Val-des-Sources meaning "Valley of the Springs" .

@bansheemania1692 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos siding on my cabin from the 40s. Great shape. Also have 1/8 in pannel Behind my Coal stove, it is amazing that a paper thin amount can block Metal Melting heat

@jeffreyyale7611 4 жыл бұрын

So many lungs, so much asbestos.

@1I3b 4 жыл бұрын

How many such harmless, miracle, indispensable things we have nowadays? By the way, in the past best cigarette filters to save our lungs were asbestos ones... so good luck folks ;)

@mohabatkhanmalak1161 4 жыл бұрын

We have plastic, fantastic today.

@XnordmannX 4 жыл бұрын

America!...Hell yeah!

@dougc190 4 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you what they just started using an asphalt roads is rubber. Rubberized asphalt is the worst when it comes to cleaning it is stickiest sticks to everything. Regular asphalt we just have to spray some diesel down and come right out, rubberized good Lord if you didn't swear you would be trying to clean that

@rudyjanes2530 4 жыл бұрын

I hate SMA too it's terrible

@noworriesmate8287 4 жыл бұрын

What about the pet drive on this asphalt? Asphalt deteriorates as you drive on it, thus releasing fibers into the air.

@evilassaultweaponeer 4 жыл бұрын

Exposure due to driving wear was probably minimal, but during production or removal it was certainly bad.

@charlesbonkley 2 жыл бұрын

@@evilassaultweaponeer Except for that fact that the friable shit gets everywhere. It's like radioactive fallout from a roadway, for tens/hundreds of miles.

@evilassaultweaponeer 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbonkley Exposure levels still minimal compared to the workers, but certainly widespread and over a long period. It certainly wasn't fully inert.

@Nunofurdambiznez 4 жыл бұрын

Great entertainment during this in-house prison called COVID-19, keep these great ones coming, please!

@michaeljohn9263 4 жыл бұрын

You mean CONVICT-19 as we are all under god damn house arrest. I don't know where about's you're from but up here and Canada our government as made an APP that you download to keep you safe and away from people that have the Chinese Virus. The only only thing is it wants 100% access to your entire phone and uses bluetooth, wifi, and your provider to get precise GPS of where you are and who you're with. So far you can download on your own if you're a idiot. Prior to that Justin wanted the government to pass this to make it mandatory without the owner of the phones permission BUT thank god it was thrown out...but he did try. Just like he tried to pass a bill where he could tax the hell out of whoever he felt made enough money to take from you and give to all the welfare recipients and all the other pie in the sky social programs, like safe injection sites where they give junkies actual government approved heroin. Sorry about going so off topic but things are absolutely crazy right now.

@Nunofurdambiznez 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljohn9263 You are correct, Michael John, it IS CONVICT-19!! I don't know much about Canadian ways or politics (I'm down here in Ohio), but, from what you just said, sounds like a total nightmare up there!

@michaeljohn9263 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nunofurdambiznez The worst part is when you read the CBC and check out the comments from fellow readers. It's like these people are loving being stuck at home and not able to work. Justin said a couple days ago that is could last for 12-18 months or until a vaccine is made, and these morons almost seem excited that the won't have to work!! I don't understand where they think all this money is going to come from because with the way are going with all these special bailout packages the country will be broke by September/October...yet these assholes think it's a holiday! All I know is it's going to be a LONG, COLD, WINTER if this shit drags out. Not only that but all the businesses that are going to go bankrupt, all those people that are going to lose their jobs...next thing you know there are going to be a ton of people defaulting on their mortgages will be losing their homes. If people thought the 1920s depression was bad..well...the 20s will be a cake walk compared to what is coming if people don't get back to work by September...and so many people don't even seem like they have thought that far into the future. How are things around your neck of the woods?

@michaeljohn9263 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nunofurdambiznez Also I know a lot of people don't care for Trump BUT at least he banned flights from China January 30th, and got called a racist for it, but at least he got on shit right away. Trudeau, as of the other day I checked incoming flights to BC and China flights are STILL coming in!

@Nunofurdambiznez 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljohn9263 every single one of your comments is absolutely spot-on correct!!! Here in Ohio, it's not TOO bad, but yes, people need to get back to work or we're ALL gonna be in a world of hurt here soon!

@louiscaruso4167 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching this while in quarantine for the coronavirus pandemic....

@marmaly 2 жыл бұрын

This stuff is great. Let's put it into everything!

@pepper669 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much asbestos can still be found in US roads today.

@JohnMichaelson 4 жыл бұрын

Probably next to none. How many 50 year old roads are you driving on?

@motogp001 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but how many years was asbestos added to asphalt. Once they started adding it, it would have been very hard to stop. Hundreds of thousands of miles of highways, freeways and city streets have been put down. If you travel in your car to any place in the U.S., you are traveling on asphalt. The new roads put down today deteriorate much faster then ones put down just 25 years ago. It would be interesting to see what the number of cancer cases reported each year were before the use of asbestos in asphalt. Compared to after the use of asbestos in asphalt.

@jblyon2 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnMichaelson In Rhode Island, a surprising number. They just redid a major state highway last summer with pavement from the 60s. Not because it lasted this long though. It was beyond shot when I first drove on it over 15 years ago. They just patched the cracks, poorly, when they got wide enough to swallow a narrow tire.

@otm646 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnMichaelson have you been to Detroit?

@RalphRacc00N 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnMichaelson The asphalt is the same asphalt its 100% recycled since the beginning of road making.

@blameusa7082 4 жыл бұрын

surprised they didnt use it to fill pillows

@motogp001 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, That’s a Great idea. Why didn’t I think of that. I’m going to call Mister Pillow right now.

@PDXMILO 4 жыл бұрын

Well, what the hell do you think the 'my pillow' guy is stuffing his dumb pillows with?

@MrAshfull 4 жыл бұрын

They did, look it up was marketed as fireproof pillows and quilts

@soylentgreenb 4 жыл бұрын

They also used asbestos for cigarette filters (blue asbestos!), in talcum powder, in fake snow, in loose insulation that was blown in to insulate pipes, attics etc, as insulation in toasters and hair dryers (blowing asbestos fibres straight in your face while in use), as a mild abrasive in tooth paste, instead of rawl plugs (as a kind of asbestos cement powder that the construction workers would suck on and knead with their fingers to fix mistakes), in gas mask filters, it was used in just about any construction material you can think of from vinyl floors, to "popcorn" ceilings to asbestos cement flower pots and sidings. It was a very good material; cheap, effective, but quite dangerous to handle in a loose or friable state. Go back another generation or two and people used opium to treat baby teething problems. Invented and marketed heroin as a "non-addictive" substitute for morphine. Used radon and radium for good health. Go back another generation and they used cadmium to line tinned food. Painted absinthe alcohol a desirable colour of bluish green using copper salts (that's a lot of copper; very dangerous). Used arsenic in paint, which could became gaseous and kill people by the action of mold.

@matthewsmith2787 3 жыл бұрын

Asbestos used to be used in mattresses

@johnward5890 4 жыл бұрын

I worked in a Brake shoe stripping and reusing plant for a brake manufacturer back in the late 80's and they had asbestos in the padding and it was nasty to get out of your skin pores, you could shower 3 times a day and still see black dust wash out of your pores. I didn't work their long because it was a health hazard to make a career of it.

@stevensantiago1977 4 жыл бұрын

I want to use it in my kid's room look like a good product

@TomBudin 4 жыл бұрын

18:05 nothing like the smell of asbestos infused asphalt in the morning

@richardmiles9455 4 жыл бұрын

"Asbestosis makes breathing excruciatingly painful and leads to death from lung or heart failure; the victim essentially suffocates"...…..a terrible way to die....

@21stcenturyfossil7 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but asbestosis victims (or thier heirs) had been winning lawsuits against Johns-Manville since the 40s. Just as long as the victims signed a non-disclosure agreement, so Manville could keep their dirty little secret.

@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 4 жыл бұрын

It’s part of a healthy balanced breakfast.

@internetbodhi1009 2 ай бұрын

3:29 is so painfully self aware yet so naive it hurts. Its like an irony overload. A hangover of satire.

@markshort9098 4 жыл бұрын

Asbestos is still used for everything in India and it's labeled that it has no known health affects and it's probably like that in other countries as well

@NathanChisholm041 4 жыл бұрын

India needs a culling so no great loss

@alicebonnet4607 4 жыл бұрын

I miss asbestos highways.

@garymckee8857 4 жыл бұрын

So do I.

@bobwebber8521 4 жыл бұрын

Well so far I have managed to get to 82 years despite being contaminated by our Navy (1954) in the form of lagging on steam pipes but it has finally caught up and the writing is on the wall for me. Compensation I hear you say? What a joke that would be. I will laugh all the way to my grave.