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I haven't heard of carbon fiber itself causing much cancer. There's a little chatter about carbon nanotubes potentially causing cancer but that's more of a "th
by potato3732842 1y ago
I haven't heard of carbon fiber itself causing much cancer. There's a little chatter about carbon nanotubes potentially causing cancer but that's more of a "this looks sus" thing than a "this def causes cancer" thing. I'm sure you could use CF with cancerous plastics or whatever but that seems like a stretch.
But then I realized people screech about asbestos far in excess of the actual risk it poses, and here someone is screeching about CF. So it kind of is like asbestos in that way.
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- blacksmith_tb 1y agoI am not sure that's an entirely fair comparison, there's plenty of data on how dangerous asbestos is (if it's disturbed - lots of it is hanging around in walls etc. and not causing trouble... yet...) CF is less well-studied, though of course we have lots of carbon compounds in our bodies, unlike scratchy silicates, which might suggest it should cause us less harm. But it'd be good to have the research to confirm that.