A Town Called Asbestos

Pull down the description for all the references and sources I used in this video! And do research the history of Canada and asbestos; there's some quite dark decisions made there.

I might look dumb to ask this but what is wrong with the name asbestos? I don't get it

there is a town in Russia named Asbest and it still has an active asbestos mine

Oh hey I took a Canadian history class in undergrad taught by Jessica Van Horssen

"The were polite, of course... They're Canadian." That quip genuinely had me laughing out loud. I'm surprised more people don't talk about tramp's masters over in russia that have his picture on their asbestos products.

Asbestos in French is amiante. Asbestos has no real meaning except for the name of a town in French. People most likely didn’t want to talk to you because of that and also because they are French and simply cannot speak adequate English to understand what you are saying.

This made me get emotional

'em's the brakes eh!'

There is also a town called asbest in Russia

Very tasteful and respectful. Great video as always.

Go to wittenoom while there's still people there

Quebec boomers

I wonder if asbestos will make a comeback

I worked with asbestos growing up many times. I remember my dad cutting it with an electric saw. How we managed to avoid breathing it in is beyond me.

"They were polite, of course, they're Canadian.">Quebecois>polite

Quite honestly, it's on those guys who refuse to change the name of the town. of course people are going to make fun of you. That's why we don't name our kids Fart or Assbag.

They stopped mining it in 2012, that was a genuine surprise.

Thanks for understanding and presenting their perspective. I have relatives that lived there (and died of amiantose). It was indeed their lives for generations. Well done on your part.Merci, from Québec.

The town's people there may be entitled to fianacial compensation

So this is where Red Green takes place then? Is Possum Lake far from the town?

It's just quebec, my experience is people are not that friendly unless you speak french

This video was very sombre. I wasn't expecting that

I got an advert for lawyers who do asbestos claims.

All of my grandmother's brothers all died from this.

Another reason why they don't really want to change the name Asbestos is that, as a french speaking town, they don't ear the word of the mineral but just as a name. In french asbestos is ''Amiante''. And the lung sickness related to asbestos is called ''Amiantose'' (Ancient Grec for ''In stat of asbestos''). So they could have changed the name if it was called Amiante City. Or, in a lot of Quebec's city name, they simply add ''Ville'' at the end, that means city in french, to be ''Amianteville''. Because of any french word related to ''Amiante'' stroke fear since there is still people dying from asbestos-related lung disease to this day. FYI I'm from Sherbrooke (the biggest city close by) and I have family there.

In WA we’ve got a town called wittenoom which had an asbestos mine so badly run that the entire town was basically declared a biohazard, shut down and people were banned from visiting

"Shut Up & Eat More Asbestos" 🇨🇦 The Asbestos Marketing Board of Canada 🇨🇦

a town, former called Asbestos.

This mad me a little sad and proud of Canada all at the same time. Wth.

A place called Gold is better then "Arsnic" an element found and used in gold minning. How about Uranium city. Then "Dildo" and "Come-by-chance". Newfoundland.

It's a tragedy that this stuff is still mined and shipped across the world.

I once tore down a house of asbestos. It had a iron claw foot bath tub. And the people who built it did not have a measuring tape.

Then you have to visit the other Canadian town with an odd, ugly name: Swastika, Ontario.

why is your content so good

darn asbestos

Change the name change the history.

Sounds like a great place.

Quite amazing fireproof material and safe when handled with extreme care.

In Newfoundland, there's a town called Dildo.

Idk what you guys are talking about asbestos tastes delicious