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There's a wonderful old school informative video about asbestos on YT about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfZSEboVM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx
by NoOneNew 6y ago
There's a wonderful old school informative video about asbestos on YT about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfZSEboVM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfZSEboVM4
It's hard not to yell, "No! Don't touch it!". Though, it's easy to see why it was flocked to. The handling is pretty simple for the fire proofing benefits... minus the cancer part.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoHow much worse do things get when you touch it? I was under the impression that breathing it was what caused problems. (Funnily enough, I feel I've heard that breathing glass also causes problems for glassblowers...)
- petertodd 6y agoA lot of the asbestos in the youtube video above is in fibrous form, like the fireproof asbestos clothing. So touching it would probably release some fibres into the air. A small amount isn't actually all that bad. But it adds up over time. Conversely, the asbestos in products like asbestos roof tiles is harmless when it's just sitting there, which is why it can be perfectly safe to just seal it up, or even do nothing at all. Of course, during demolition, you will release deadly asbestos fibres into the air unless precautions are taken. The fact that asbestos isn't immediately harmful - and can be used safely - is probably part of the problem: it's easy to ignore long term effects because it's not obviously and immediately toxic.
- morsch 6y agoIt's hard not to watch something like that and wonder which of today's everyday items people in 80 years will look back at and yell, "No! Don't touch it!".