• IninewCrow
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    1 month ago

    Asbestos generation laughing at the Romans and their use of lead

    • @[email protected]
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      81 month ago

      Makes me daydream of what new horrible thing the next generations are going to poison themselves with

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        91 month ago

        The current one we are poisoning ourselves with is … disinformation and delusion

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          Oh no, it’s always something no one even thinks about until 30 years later. It’s always a surprise. Something everyone thought was a great thing.

          I just hope it’s not cat pictures.

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        41 month ago

        My bet is Hardi board will be the next one. Concrete dust causes silicosis. In industrial construction allowable concrete dust is basically zero. Residential construction people are sawing and grinding this concrete siding all the time.

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          61 month ago

          Eh. You should be cutting that with a wet saw, like any other masonry product. The problem is that a lot of contractors are trying to go fast, since time is money, and they skip wetting stone and masonry products while cutting.

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            41 month ago

            Yeah it’s not as bad as asbestos. I think it will be similar to lead paint. Bad for you, but not downright dangerous.

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              21 month ago

              It’s pretty bad. IIRC Australia has banned/is banning stone composite countertops because of how many workers were getting silicosis from breathing the dust, and they were getting silicosis at really young ages. Like, mid-20s. Silicosis isn’t bad in the same way as mesothelioma, but it’s its own kind of hell.

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          31 month ago

          Hardi board

          That’s a good one. I haven’t heard of that before. It even checks off the “fireproof” box