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EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Believe Donald Trump, folks: There is an anti-asbestos conspiracy. In his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, Trump warned America not to buy the crusade against “the greatest fire-proofing material ever used.” He claimed the movement to remove asbestos—a known carcinogen—was actually the handiwork of the mafia:

I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented. Millions of truckloads of this incredible fire-proofing material were taken to special “dump sites” and asbestos was replaced by materials that were supposedly safe but couldn’t hold a candle to asbestos in limiting the ravages of fire.

Trump claimed asbestos is “100 percent safe, once applied,” and that it just “got a bad rap.” That, unsurprisingly, was a stretch. Asbestos can be safe, but only if it’s in perfect condition and not shedding any fibers, which are toxic and can cause cancer. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the asbestos often used in fireproofing will “readily release airborne fibers if disturbed”—and that there’s “no ‘safe’ level of asbestos exposure for any type of asbestos fiber.”

https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/06/the-trump-files-asbestos-mob-conspiracy/

[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“Asbestos is safe” the words of a cheap fuck who owns a lot of old real estate that he doesn’t want to bring up to code.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Asbestos is safe.....as long as you don't cut it or make it airborne. Then it's dangerous AF.