Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/07/russian-asbestos-firm-loves-tr.html
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I’m actually in the process of having asbestos removed from my house at a cost of £5000. There’s your economy right there.
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They are putting his g’damn face on the product!
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That’s actually good; when the getting sick and dying from exposure to asbestos starts ramping back up, the brand recognition is already in place for who to blame.
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I just saw this doc on Russian Abestos the other day:
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Just another day living in Bizarro World.
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The company I worked for was still battling aesbestos suits that we stopped using 30 years before. I don’t know how you could convince us to use that material again.
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Man, if Chernobyl only had this level of promotion after the meltdown…
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I bet it’s gonna be super easy to sue the Russian asbestos industry too.
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Interesting that the second mine worked they interview has his face hidden but they still put his name up in the video. Somebody screwed that one up.
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My brother worked with asbestos when he was younger; he’s very sick now due to it.
Screw this idea!
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I have severe COPD as a result of working with asbestos in the early 70’s. So far it has not progressed to meso, or lung cancer, but with only 25% lung capacity, exercise and running are out of the question. A simple flight of stairs gets me winded badly.
Trust me - asbestos is not something to fuck with.
also, trust me - Trump and his cronies are truly evil to even think of legalizing this stuff again.
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Here in the US, people will end up suing the companies that decided to do business with the Russian asbestos industry.
Man, I hate this version of reality; nobody but the lawyers are happy…
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Read this and was surprised that the US never banned it:
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What better face to put on poison?
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It’s so very weird that so little of the world has banned it:
I mean even Canada (they’re doing it now apparently)?!
Also, the WTC buildings’ structural steel coated with it (something like 40 floors):
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The way I see it, it may be prudent for specific use. The problem in the past is because of it’s properties it was used in EVERYTHING with no safety precautions.
That said, I have no idea what its current use is, and whether or not is poses a risk to the public. Obviously what ever use it is approved for needs to have its pros and cons weighed and then its handling done in a proper and safe manner.
Also, just want to point out, asbestos is 100% natural. You can point this out to people who harp on and on about things being safer if they are natural or organic or what have you.
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The article I linked mentioned some usages.
Interestingly enough, countries which banned asbestos must have a replacement, since chlorine is produced and used there, too…
Re: natural, that’s a quite lazy, but yes, sometimes fun.
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Funny story: guess which Canadian province produces rather a lot of asbestos(It’s the one where the town of Asbestos is); and which has been seen of in need of some appeasement by a succession of Canadian governments?
This level of support hasn’t always been enough to keep it in popular use domestically (though that remained on the table longer than you would expect); but it has been ample to support a flourishing export operation and the steady manufacture of reports on the safety and value of this misunderstood mineral.
(Edit: I’m divided on whether using the term “Quebecois coal” because the analogy with the distorting effects of coal in the US context is closer than is comfortable, and I like the way it sounds, would be acceptable or not…)
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