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> it has been proven that asbestos fibers are directly responsible for the creation of cancerous mesothelioma cells. This is also a claim you simply cannot mak
by docker_up 8y ago
> it has been proven that asbestos fibers are directly responsible for the creation of cancerous mesothelioma cells.
This is also a claim you simply cannot make.
Every chemical has a toxicity level. A single x-ray could give you lung cancer if you're unlucky. Just because there's a claim floating around that a single fiber could cause cancer is meaningless. Was this in a test tube or a lab environment?
Every day, millions of your own body cells are developing cancer because the DNA is being misreplicated during mitosis.
But you have structures in your body that fight against this cancer and destroy those cells. You're saying, without any evidence, that your body can't fight a few microscopic fibers? Remember, any number of x-rays, including dental x-rays, could also cause cancer but you don't see people banning x-rays.
- shadofx 8y agoRadiation has known degrees of safety. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10098 https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_tab... >There is no "safe" level of asbestos exposure for any type of asbestos fiber. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/ https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/
- thawkins 8y agoChemicals can have levels of dilution, where below a certain level it ceases to be a threat. Diluted in air, or in liquids. You cant dilute a fibre.... This is also the same reason why nanoparticles are such a threat.
- perl4ever 8y agoThey're not made of chemicals?