philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 天前I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square334linkfedilinkarrow-up11.71Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.7Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 天前message-square334linkfedilink
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 天前Asbestos is kind of a wonder material. Easy to manufacture in complex shapes, inert (acid resistant, so great for chemical pipes), flame retardant, 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 retardant, great insulator, and fairly cheap.
Shame that it causes really bad cancer…