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The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry (www.npr.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] Nacktmull 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait, there are countries where that shit is still legal?!

[–] supercriticalcheese 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, India, Philippines, China and Russia come to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Reminds me, we used wire gauze with asbestos during high school in the Philippines. "Fortunately", it was a public school with not a lot of resources so the use of lab equipment are very rare.

[–] grayman 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's extremely effective and quite cheap.

[–] Nacktmull 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... and super carcinogenic too.

[–] grayman 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that's not stopping many. I'm not saying it's ok to keep using it. Just giving the reason. It's the same reason most electricity in the world comes from burning coal and gas.

[–] Nacktmull 1 points 10 months ago

Sad but true.