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As it's a naturally occuring mineral, you can't avoid it completely. https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/asbestos-found-nevada-and-arizona-roadblock-and-poten
by karlkloss 9y ago
As it's a naturally occuring mineral, you can't avoid it completely.
https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/asbestos-found-nevada-and-arizona-roadblock-and-potential-health-hazard https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/asbestos-found-nevada-...
- forgotmypw 9y agoWell then, if it's a naturally occurring mineral, we might as well just spread it around all over the place!
- SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago> As it's a naturally occuring mineral, you can't avoid it completely Isn't that also true of Lead?
- _emacsomancer_ 9y agoOnly until we figure out how to transmute it to gold.
- Erlangolem 9y agoWe already know how (bombard it with Calcium-48 in a particle accelerator, or stick it in a nuclear reactor), but it’s not cost effective.
- forgotmypw 9y agoActually, there is a startup that's about to make it cost-effective through blockchain-based crowdsharing:
- whyenot 9y agoSan Benito Mountain in central California has naturally occurring asbestos levels that are so high that no public access was allowed for years (historically, it was a popular off-roading area). More recently, public access is allowed, but you are only permitted to visit the site 5 times per year (the BLM keeps track).
- londons_explore 9y agoLava is naturally occurring... Yet I do a pretty good job of avoiding it.