•  Troy   ( @troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) 
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    11 months ago

    You’re clearly not a geologist. Asbestos refers to a whole group of minerals that have fibrous habits. There are many perfectly safe forms of asbestos that have repeated, common, and constant modern occupational exposure without issues. Serpentinite being the most common found on minesites.

    •  Umbrias   ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) 
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      11 months ago

      That’s a deflection. They are all known carcinogens lol, and doesn’t meaningfully change the point.

      And no im not a geologist, but I’ve done hazard analysis on work with asbestos. I’m curious what you think a geologist has to actually say about the medical hazard of asbestos.