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minus-squareideonek@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoYou baned ASBESTOS in 2024???!!! It’s not the right century.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt hasn’t been used in decades, banned or not
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI think my favourite part is that it was banned in the us in 1989 but then unbanned in 1991 after a fight in the court of appeals. Oh and there are still some asbestos uses allowed (cement sheets, industrial diaphragms, etc.) but the us is not unique in this.
You baned ASBESTOS in 2024???!!! It’s not the right century.
It hasn’t been used in decades, banned or not
I think my favourite part is that it was banned in the us in 1989 but then unbanned in 1991 after a fight in the court of appeals.
Oh and there are still some asbestos uses allowed (cement sheets, industrial diaphragms, etc.) but the us is not unique in this.