Random question: does asbestos toxicity in humans depend on the size? Do you only get the ill effects by inhalation or do you just need to touch it?
I'm reminded of a story about a guy with an asbestos table cloth who would throw it into the fireplace to clean it and impress guests; would that still be toxic?
Asbestos does its worst damage in the lungs. Here's the thing about big objects: They turn into tiny objects. "Wear and tear" on asbestos means it is releasing into the air around it. Dust is a thing that exists, and it doesn't form out of the aether. Any wearing away, from friction or erosion or strong airflow or any number of things, turns that shelf-stable aesbestos item into a source of dangerous aesbestos dust.
That stated, IF no one is ever touching it to wear it away, and IF wear and tear is essentially zero, then yeah, it's "fine". I've been to plenty of schools and universities with asbestos in the ceilings and inside-walls. It's a durable, flame-retardant construction material. It's just also really bad if you get any dust from it inside you. Any construction/demolition workers are fucked, but in the interim, it's "fine".
Kind of like Uranium in that regard: Very useful, very durable, very stable, don't breathe in the dust. We just aren't retarded enough to build buildings out of uranium so it doesn't enter the same kind of infamy, but uranium munitions/bullets aren't uncommon, and are handled with bare hands.
You can very much touch it and get it inside you, in the video, one of the most recent incidents was Claire's products being totally contaminated with asbestos due to cross-contamination in 2017
Random question: does asbestos toxicity in humans depend on the size? Do you only get the ill effects by inhalation or do you just need to touch it?
I'm reminded of a story about a guy with an asbestos table cloth who would throw it into the fireplace to clean it and impress guests; would that still be toxic?
Asbestos does its worst damage in the lungs. Here's the thing about big objects: They turn into tiny objects. "Wear and tear" on asbestos means it is releasing into the air around it. Dust is a thing that exists, and it doesn't form out of the aether. Any wearing away, from friction or erosion or strong airflow or any number of things, turns that shelf-stable aesbestos item into a source of dangerous aesbestos dust.
That stated, IF no one is ever touching it to wear it away, and IF wear and tear is essentially zero, then yeah, it's "fine". I've been to plenty of schools and universities with asbestos in the ceilings and inside-walls. It's a durable, flame-retardant construction material. It's just also really bad if you get any dust from it inside you. Any construction/demolition workers are fucked, but in the interim, it's "fine".
Kind of like Uranium in that regard: Very useful, very durable, very stable, don't breathe in the dust. We just aren't retarded enough to build buildings out of uranium so it doesn't enter the same kind of infamy, but uranium munitions/bullets aren't uncommon, and are handled with bare hands.
You can very much touch it and get it inside you, in the video, one of the most recent incidents was Claire's products being totally contaminated with asbestos due to cross-contamination in 2017
The toxicity is caused by the fibers becoming lodged in the lungs. The tissue stiffens, which keeps you from breathing properly.
AFAIK, it's only dangerous internally but unless it's sealed up in something else, it can produce dust.