When was James Hardie aware that they were producing very dangerous products?
The first registered death recorded from asbestos exposure was in 1899. From 1916, Prudential Insurance in the US would not give you life insurance if you worked in an asbestos-related industry. James Hardie set up here in 1917. The company now says that it was aware that there were some difficulties in the 1930s but they would not admit that asbestos could kill you until they lost a case in 1988. Someone finally got some money out of them and then the dust tribunal was set up here in NSW to help asbestos victims get some recompense. And today we are still fighting to make sure James Hardie makes available enough money to recompense its victims. This company is totally morally bankrupt. I’ve sat through hours of this commission. And to watch these people sit there and deny justice to their victims is just astonishing. You wonder how these people can sleep at night or look themselves in the mirror the next morning. When did James Hardie stop making products with asbestos? They stopped p
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