How asbestos was explained in the 1950s as a miracle material before we understood the health dangers

Asbestos IS a "Miracle material". It does have some caveats, and a wise society recognizes those perils and restricts the dumb-dumb club from making dangerous products with it. Only a society governed by idiots restricts a mineral because the village idiot might do "something"!

We now see the effects of the kids who grew up with that in their homes. They are online today speaking crazily on Twitter.

It's dangerous in friable applications but the lawsuits overhyped the dangers and did a poor job distinguishing the different danger levels of the different types and applications. In many applications such as roofing it's encapsulated, non-friable and of low concern.

Asbestos is only a problem if airborne and inhaled. Say what you want about the health effects but the asbestos stucco on every 1950s house in my neighborhood is still immaculate. And I live in Canada.

The Johns Manville corporation hid the fact that they knew it caused cancer for nearly 80 years as they covered our nation in it

Then everyone got cancer and died 20 years later

I remember in the early 80s in our first biochemistry lectures when Professor Elliot said, '...just one fibre that works itself into a single cell of the lung can begin an abnormal growth of cells...'. It took many years later to establish a 'legal cause and effect.'

Asbestos is a generic term like wood There are three main types with different risks Serpentine rock group Chrysotile (White Asbestos) 95% Amphibole rock group Amosite (Brown Asbestos) Crocidolite (Blue Asbestos) While are are toxic, the amphibole types are far more dangerous

It is a pretty miraculous mineral and it’s still used and safe as long as it’s not allowed to become airborne and inhaled.

О вреде асбеста знали давно, если не ошибаюсь со времён Древнего Египта, просто к заключению пришли в начале 20го века. Коммерция "приглушила" информацию когда материал вышел на рынок. Подобное было с радием (радиевые девушки) и с гербицидами в 50-70хх (Monsanto).

Wild how perspectives change over time.

Same shit with micro/nanoplastics nowadays. Every time I mention it people are like "we already have so many in us who cares"

Asbestos gone,cancer up 900%

Just don’t breathe in the dust. Also don’t walk inside a nuclear reactor or eat rat poison.

The original safe and effective, trust the science test case.

Do you REALLY think they didn't know about the health dangers before marketing it?

Corporations knew the dangers for 100 years before they banned it. -retired member Asbestos Workers Union, Local #17

asbestos is fucking amazing fire retardant material....try NOT CHEWING on it and you might be ok

People understood the danger 3000 years ago, American corporations new they could use it and never be held accountable for the lives it cost.

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They knew the dangers

It still is a wonderful material... as long as you don't breathe it.

The Roman's called asbestos amiantus, meaning pure.

Yes, who knew then that asbestos would kill 3,000 Americans in a single day.

Funny how all of the people exposed to lead paint and asbestos their entire lives all live into their 90s.

I guarantee they knew the dangers.

what's 2024's asbestos that we're all buying into

It is dangerous to health even with all its benefits, humans will keep exploring the materials abundant in our ecosystem

this is why i worship science as a god. because its JUST. THAT. GOOD!

The dangers where know since the Roman times. It was hidden because corporations value money over human lives.

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They used it for cigarette filters at one point...

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It is a miracle class of material, and should continue to be used but with an understanding of the hazard. White Asbestos is vastly safer and even the most basic protections removes all dangers from it.

It IS a miracle material. It’s just dangerous and deadly