philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square326linkfedilinkarrow-up11.73K
arrow-up11.73Kmessage-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square326linkfedilink
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoAsbestos is kind of a wonder material. Easy to manufacture in complex shapes, inert (acid resistant, so great for chemical pipes), flame removedant, great insulator, and fairly cheap. Shame that it causes really bad cancer…
Asbestos is kind of a wonder material.
Easy to manufacture in complex shapes, inert (acid resistant, so great for chemical pipes), flame removedant, great insulator, and fairly cheap.
Shame that it causes really bad cancer…