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

submitted 7 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 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@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It's extremely effective and quite cheap.