Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It is actually astonishing it took so long for lead to be banned in the US. Even Ben Franklin railed against the use of lead in daily life and he was someone who lived and died in the 18th century.

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  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Even Ben Franklin railed against the use of lead in daily life

    whoa, TIL. 1786 NO LESS

    environmentaleducation.com/…/Ben Franklin Letter …

    TY!

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