Somebody still has to mine it though
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hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours agoStill is, honestly. We still use asbestos in a ton of stuff, but we’re just generally a lot more careful about using it fortunately, and not doing as many open-air asbestos shoveling competitions upwind from the schoolyard.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It’s not that hard to make and use PPE for the miners. Whether or not it’s enforced is another question, but with how easy asbestos seem to be, they probably are.
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
Sure, I’m not saying it’s necessarily a good thing that we’re still using it, but recognizing and treating it as a serious carcinogen rather than something benign goes a long way to improving the amount of harm it causes
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You can not make automotive breaks without it.