I learned there were asbestos tobacco pipes like a week ago. Humanity really didn't see any of this coming.
Asbestos tobacco pipes are insanely rare and collectible these days, though. No one dares smoke them, more historical discussion pieces.
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I guess People will look at plastic in the future like we look at lead and asbestos now....
I think it will be much less pronounced. The negative effects of plastic in the body are relatively unknown, but IMO I think it will mostly pose as neurodevelopmental-like symptoms which won't be able to compare with either lead or asbestos.
And the environmental consequences? The majority just doesn't worry about that.
It definitely won't be as bad as asbestos where inhaling just a single fiber can cause cancer. Lead, maybe, but lead is still widely used. Just not in normal fuel. We still use it in some aviation fuel though.
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It's impossible because there is no control group for microplastic
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We used to drink radium too.
Ah the famous picture of a guy who's lower jaw just fell off after he kept drinking this.
Similarly well known 'radium girls'.
Horrific cases.
Isn't it asbestos dust that's the issue? Like asbestos in the walls isn't harming anyone, but if it gets demolished or destroyed then the dust is what causes issues?
At least that's what I heard, but it could be wrong. And I guess scraping the pipe might create some dust anyway...
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the tingling let's you know it's working.
Did you know? Clean, fresh air has a natural tingling effect. Most places these days are so polluted with toxins that we never experience perfectly clean air anymore.
That's where asbestos comes in.
Asbestos. is there anything it can't do?™
To be fair it was kind of magical other than, you know, the cancer thing.
At least he has his safety squints on.
The plus side of it being liquid is it probably wouldn't be very friable and not wind up in your lungs, until it dries out that is.
I've had deep fried kool-aid at the state fair before, so I bet this is pretty friable
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I hate how every time we come up with a new "miracle" chemical that solves really big issues it ends up being either carcinogenic or devastatingly harmful to the environment.
It's like how we almost made bed bugs extinct in America but the chemical being used was causing cancer and birth defects.
Why can't we have nice chemical things!?!?
We discovered plastics, which pretty much is a miracle chemicle, they're mostly not even that harmful unless you make a gigaton of it and just kind of dump it absolutely everywhere
they’re mostly not even that harmful unless you make a gigaton of it and just kind of dump it absolutely everywhere
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Good god. Lemme guess, the propellant in that can are CFCs and they added lead to lubricate the spray since it kept clogging the nozzle. May as well add arsenic for flavor.
It's always interesting how amazing things always turn out to be deadly. Like Ephedrine was a miracle weight loss drug, asbestos is a fantastic insulator, ect. I'm waiting for the GLP1 crap everyone is taking to have insane effects in a few years.
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Spray on insulation that is fire and mould resistant. Sounds good
Carrying this instead of pepper spray /j
Sometimes I wonder what kinds of things we're using today that we still haven't found are toxic, carcinogenic or harmful in other ways...
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I'll bet that's super safe and will never have any drawbacks ever for all time.
I can just feel the If you or a loved one were diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to financial compensation ads pouring in with this.
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Guy doesn't have to worry about that, he's been smoking 90 cigarettes a day since grade school.
He's also only 20.
And when he inevitably dies from cancer, no one will know if it was the asbestos, the cigarettes, the daily bottle of Bourbon, the lead, the Desert Rock exercises, or the Agent Orange.
No mask, enclosed space, right up in there with your face
That's why he's making that face
Good ol'fashioned safety squints
That look on his face like "lol I'm not going to be around to care about climate change or this bullshit"
If you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be entitled to compensation.
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The safety squint makes it harmless!
Growing up my parents house had asbestos tiles on the basement floor and asbestos insulation in the attic. Probably had this shit sprayed on the pipes and ducts also. And look at me, I’m perfectly f
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