I’m just amazed that we knew asbestos was bad for over a 1000 years, and in the USA only banned it a few years ago, other countries not much longer before.
With asbestos, one has to wonder if there was just no good substitute for some of it’s properties. While it’s very rare to see used these days, there are still some careful applications for it. Lead is the same way. Lead solder and even lead pipes was commonly used up until a relatively short time ago for water supplies.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But not lead…
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They did know that lead was toxic.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Then they didn’t much care I guess. Which was worse than not knowing.
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I’m just amazed that we knew asbestos was bad for over a 1000 years, and in the USA only banned it a few years ago, other countries not much longer before.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
With asbestos, one has to wonder if there was just no good substitute for some of it’s properties. While it’s very rare to see used these days, there are still some careful applications for it. Lead is the same way. Lead solder and even lead pipes was commonly used up until a relatively short time ago for water supplies.