My family and thousands of others have been severely affected by the T&N plant in the valley and the asbestos dust it produced...i lived (and my parents still live) about a mile away from the plant.
I have memories of the dust covered plants and trees on 'the wreck wasteground' we used to play in as kids, i remember being shocked at the outrage many years later when all of the sheds got removed as they had asbestos roofs. I have seen too many members of the local community and friends/my family die of Mesothelioma and other respiratory deseases it is the most horrific death, i wouldn't wish it on anybody.
My dad has liquid on the lungs he is in and out of hospital being drained regularly and is suffering from a variety of other ilnesses like DVT, high blood preassure, Diabetes.