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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 188 points 1 year ago

It is a fantastically useful material, except for all the mesothelioma.

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago

Seriously, except for the horrific issues with the stuff, it would be an essential material for various applications.

Its resistance to fire, heat transfer, etc would do wonders for insulation and construction.

[-] degen@midwest.social 32 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except that people don't always recognize it and end up drilling holes in it or sawing through it

[-] gerbler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is probably how I'll die tbh

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Steve@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Any time you disturb it theres a problem

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

TIL, I'm an asbestos.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago

Doesn't burn, really hard to wear out, you can just dig it out of the ground, easy to shape and repair.

Except it kills people, and it hurts the whole time they're dying.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Mother Gaia does a little trolling

[-] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

"If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation..."

[-] psud@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We are in Australia. The company that mined the stuff was found negligent as they kept selling it for decades after they knew it was deadly dangerous

I also hear that so many times thanks to one of the Brain Blaze (on YouTube) editors

[-] Korrok 5 points 1 year ago

The same shit happened in Spain

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

The company that founded Wittenoom?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

CSR, if I recall correctly

[-] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

As long as it doesn't break down it's awesome

this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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