My bet is Hardi board will be the next one. Concrete dust causes silicosis. In industrial construction allowable concrete dust is basically zero. Residential construction people are sawing and grinding this concrete siding all the time.
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TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoMakes me daydream of what new horrible thing the next generations are going to poison themselves with
pahlimur@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Eh. You should be cutting that with a wet saw, like any other masonry product. The problem is that a lot of contractors are trying to go fast, since time is money, and they skip wetting stone and masonry products while cutting.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah it’s not as bad as asbestos. I think it will be similar to lead paint. Bad for you, but not downright dangerous.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It’s pretty bad. IIRC Australia has banned/is banning stone composite countertops because of how many workers were getting silicosis from breathing the dust, and they were getting silicosis at really young ages. Like, mid-20s. Silicosis isn’t bad in the same way as mesothelioma, but it’s its own kind of hell.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Hardi board
That’s a good one. I haven’t heard of that before. It even checks off the “fireproof” box
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
The current one we are poisoning ourselves with is … disinformation and delusion
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That too. But micro plastics have been found in almost every living thing so far. That’s a far greater danger.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
We’ve also swept psychotropic drugs in the drinking water under the rug…
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Can’t be that bad if you don’t even bother elaborating.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That logic sounds suspect and I’m not sure what you’re on about…