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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry

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The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry

www.npr.org

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Wait, there are countries where that shit is still legal?!

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      Yes, India, Philippines, China and Russia come to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law

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        Reminds me, we used wire gauze with asbestos during high school in the Philippines. “Fortunately”, it was a public school with not a lot of resources so the use of lab equipment are very rare.

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      It’s extremely effective and quite cheap.

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        … and super carcinogenic too.

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          Yeah but that’s not stopping many. I’m not saying it’s ok to keep using it. Just giving the reason. It’s the same reason most electricity in the world comes from burning coal and gas.

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            Sad but true.

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