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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up139·19 hours agoIt is a fantastically useful material, except for all the mesothelioma.
minus-squareHazmatastic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 hours ago“If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation…”
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoWe are in Australia. The company that mined the stuff was found negligent as they kept selling it for decades after they knew it was deadly dangerous I also hear that so many times thanks to one of the Brain Blaze (on YouTube) editors
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·19 hours agoSeriously, except for the horrific issues with the stuff, it would be an essential material for various applications. Its resistance to fire, heat transfer, etc would do wonders for insulation and construction.
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·18 hours agoMakes me wonder if it could be treated in some way to make it not-so-inhalable. Though maybe we have better synthetic alternatives by now.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·18 hours agoAs I’ve understood it, the problem is primarily for the people having to manufacture products using it, and at rest it’s supposed to be inert.
minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-217 hours agoExcept that people don’t always recognize it and end up drilling holes in it or sawing through it
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoThis is probably how I’ll die tbh
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-217 hours agoIt’s supposed to be it tends to get brittle and fracture creating airborne shards that you can breath in but your body can’t break down and that continuously damages the cells leading to cancer. https://youtu.be/9ZIxGVJadyk?t=143
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoAny time you disturb it theres a problem
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·17 hours agoDoesn’t burn, really hard to wear out, you can just dig it out of the ground, easy to shape and repair. Except it kills people, and it hurts the whole time they’re dying.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoThis is how you know the universe hates us.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoThe universe owes none of us anything. We stick our noses into everything and some things aren’t good for us This one is only really bad because the asbestos companies kept it secret when they found their product killed those exposed to it.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoMother Gaia does a little trolling
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoAs long as it doesn’t break down it’s awesome
It is a fantastically useful material, except for all the mesothelioma.
“If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation…”
We are in Australia. The company that mined the stuff was found negligent as they kept selling it for decades after they knew it was deadly dangerous
I also hear that so many times thanks to one of the Brain Blaze (on YouTube) editors
Seriously, except for the horrific issues with the stuff, it would be an essential material for various applications.
Its resistance to fire, heat transfer, etc would do wonders for insulation and construction.
Makes me wonder if it could be treated in some way to make it not-so-inhalable. Though maybe we have better synthetic alternatives by now.
As I’ve understood it, the problem is primarily for the people having to manufacture products using it, and at rest it’s supposed to be inert.
Except that people don’t always recognize it and end up drilling holes in it or sawing through it
This is probably how I’ll die tbh
It’s supposed to be it tends to get brittle and fracture creating airborne shards that you can breath in but your body can’t break down and that continuously damages the cells leading to cancer.
https://youtu.be/9ZIxGVJadyk?t=143
Any time you disturb it theres a problem
TIL, I’m an asbestos.
Doesn’t burn, really hard to wear out, you can just dig it out of the ground, easy to shape and repair.
Except it kills people, and it hurts the whole time they’re dying.
This is how you know the universe hates us.
The universe owes none of us anything. We stick our noses into everything and some things aren’t good for us
This one is only really bad because the asbestos companies kept it secret when they found their product killed those exposed to it.
Mother Gaia does a little trolling
As long as it doesn’t break down it’s awesome