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.
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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoSomebody still has to mine it though
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s what orphans are for
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Hot take: I think it should the pensioners should mine asbestos because they’re dying soon anyway
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks 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
Baizey@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
Reducing the amount of harm it causes*… Unless?