philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square328fedilinkarrow-up11.7K
arrow-up11.7Kmessage-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square328fedilink
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days 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…