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I’m pretty sure we could go back to using it, with more precautions in place, better binders, etc. Hell, it’s still used in many parts of the world, and it occurs naturally all over the fucking place. But, alas, lawyers would have to stop salivating at every mention of the word.

In geoscience, we started using the word asbestoform to describe minerals with fibrous habits so we don’t get lawyers showing up to destroy all of our rock samples and turn every geoscience facility into a superfund site.

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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m pretty sure we could go back to using it, with more precautions in place, better binders, etc. Hell, it’s still used in many parts

Is there a way to keep it inert when the next homeowner starts tearing down drywall and drilling holes in stuff?

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Russia and China still use it loads.

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- troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  As with all research papers published out of China, you take their numbers with a grain of salt. They report approximately 2000 cases per year of mesothelioma, and of those, only 15% are definitively asbestos exposure related. So about 300 per year. Of those cases, over 80% are asbestos industry (improper safety measures for repeated occupational exposure).
  
  Compared to fire related deaths prevented, it’s probably a good trade for China. Probably.
  
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