In fact, it was even packaged and sold as artificial snow in the 1940s.

事实上，棉在1940年代，是作为人工雪出售的。

Tobacco, asbestos, and diesel fumes are also on the group 1 list.

该名单中还括香烟、棉和柴油尾气。

Ah, said the Man in Asbestos, all cut out.

“哦，”那个穿棉衣服的人说，“也全都去掉了。

Yes, it's probably got asbestos in it.

是的，它可能有棉在里面。

All highlighted the challenges in redeveloping the building, not least its extensive asbestos.

所有这些公司都强调了重建该建筑的挑战，特别是其含有大量的棉。

In the 1990s tobacco and asbestos claims led to legal settlements that have cost shareholders over $150bn.

20世纪90年代，烟草和棉诉讼导致的诉讼和解让股东们的损失超过1500亿美元。

I pondered, then I put two or three rapid questions, hardly waiting to reflect upon the answers.

我想了想，然后连着向那个穿棉衣服的人问了几个问题，几乎都没有停下来想想他的回答。

That psychology will work, regardless of whether you are selling asbestos roofs or touring Europe in a Ford.

无论你是干销售棉屋顶的营生，还是驾驶福特汽车周游欧洲，这样的心理激励法都管用。

When it comes to cancer risk, processed meat is now in the same category as plutonium, asbestos and smoking.

在致癌风险方面，加工肉类现在与钚、棉和吸烟属于同一类别。

Some 20,000 lawsuits have claimed that talc in the powder was contaminated with asbestos, which is known to cause cancer.

大约两万起诉讼声称粉末中的滑粉被棉污染，众所周知，棉会致癌。

Environmentalist Sean Fitzgerald spoke at length with Larry Graves about the dangers of asbestos, which is known to cause cancer.

环保主义者Sean Fitzgerald棉的危害，据说棉能导致癌症。

Somehow the rather large animal got onto his asbestos roof and fell right through it.

不知何故，这只相当大的物爬上了他的棉屋顶， 直接从上面掉了下来。

Now, we’ve talked before about how asbestos has been misused over the ages.

现在，我们之前讨论过棉是如何被滥用的。

But before anyone knew that asbestos equals dying, it was often worn for protection.

但在人们知道棉等于死亡之前，它经常被用来作为防护服。

" Yes, there is a gas-fire with asbestos" .

“是的，有一个棉煤气火。”

What are all these dust particles? Is this asbestos?

这些灰尘颗粒是什么？这是棉吗？

The house is made of fibro. The house is made of fibro and timber.

这栋房子是由棉水泥板建造的。这栋房子是由棉水泥板和木材建造的。

The house is made of fibro, timber and bricks.

这栋房子是由棉水泥板、木材和砖头建造的。

It's a kind of disease caused by exposure to asbestos.

这是一种由于接触棉而引起的疾病。

It's just asbestos and lead and garbage.

这只不过是棉、铅和垃圾。