• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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        44 minutes ago

        Hot take: I think it should be the pensioners that mine asbestos because they’re dying soon anyway

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      17 hours ago

      Sure, I’m not saying it’s necessarily a good thing that we’re still using it, but recognizing and treating it as a serious carcinogen rather than something benign goes a long way to improving the amount of harm it causes

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      12 hours ago

      It’s not that hard to make and use PPE for the miners. Whether or not it’s enforced is another question, but with how easy asbestos lawsuits seem to be, they probably are.