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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Of course he is for it.

It will make him money

And none of the thousands who will get sick and or die

Are people he knows personally

[-] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago

Implication is that there are things about as bad as asbestos that should be banned, but aren't.

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

In America sure.

Rest of the world, it would be very much limited to a very, very small minority that would be lost to cancer.

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[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

As long as it made someone money or kept them from losing it, yes there would be

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Most asbestos is made in Russia currently so definitely

[-] 467265654C75696769@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Because Russia, the number one exporter of asbestoes and the number one disinformation capital of the world.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago

If there wasn't such a huge amount of money in remediation, you'd likely still have them now.

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