I think that would of been one of the best move. Years ago I cleaned a roof out in Stockton I had a mask on but I suffer with problems now so I am sure there is many people that should of got the roofs cleaned before the offer we recieved.

Now all that dust will be there till they decided to replace .

Yes your dust may be dark in colour, and coal is black, so it's pretty easy to point the finger at the coal industry.

What about other sources of dust? What about the soot and ash that bellows out of chimney's each winter? What about the emissions from vehicle exhausts? What about brake dust? decomposing organic matter? What about the dust that is naturally occuring?

Coal dust may be part of the dust you wash down, but i'm sure it's only a small fraction.

But they don't declare themselves, just deny, deny and ridicule those who raise health concerns.

Denis

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