alt Hacker NewsI’m guessing the Russian theory that asbestos is totally fine and isn’t harmful? The Russians still use asbestos and say it’s a plot by the west that we got rid of asbestos in our buildings. (Don’t shoot the messenger here, I have no dog in this fight and am not expressing an opinion)
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orbital-decay • today at 1:00 AM
You are expressing disinformation. The actual regulations are very different from what you make it seem.
Asbestos is totally safe as long as it’s not friable and you don’t sand it or disturb the fibers. Mesothelioma was a major problem if you were repeatedly exposed to asbestos. It’s present in nature and especially in soil in small concentrations. What makes it dangerous is if you’re constantly breathing it in. You would be doing that if you ran a buffer over asbestos tile for years, or if you worked in a space with asbestos pipe insulation, or if your job was to install asbestos siding or sheet flooring or formica(many adhesives contained it). Even gypsum wallboard contained asbestos up through the 80’s. It’s precisely its ubiquity as a building material that makes it dangerous because people are constantly disturbing it occupationally.