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minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months 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-up48·2 months 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-up51·edit-22 months agoExcept that people don’t always recognize it and end up drilling holes in it or sawing through it
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThis is probably how I’ll die tbh
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-22 months 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-up9·2 months agoAny time you disturb it theres a problem
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.