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minus-squareNaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·16 hours agomy garage, the old fence, and a good chunk of my house is asbestos. They’ve been standing 60 years and you wouldn’t know it. Damn shame we can’t use the material. Proof god hates us.
minus-squarensfwchill@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours agoThe mineral might be good but its poisonous ish. Do you want your walls to be poisonous, your roof?
minus-squareSpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 hours agoDon’t worry. Asbestos cement is not really dangerous, as long as the concrete is intact and you don’t touch it, there’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s when it crumbles or you work on it, that you have to take care. The problem is Asbestos dust entering your lungs, where it’s very carcinogenic. But intact walls and roof are okay.
my garage, the old fence, and a good chunk of my house is asbestos.
They’ve been standing 60 years and you wouldn’t know it.
Damn shame we can’t use the material. Proof god hates us.
The mineral might be good but its poisonous ish. Do you want your walls to be poisonous, your roof?
Don’t worry. Asbestos cement is not really dangerous, as long as the concrete is intact and you don’t touch it, there’s nothing to be afraid of.
It’s when it crumbles or you work on it, that you have to take care. The problem is Asbestos dust entering your lungs, where it’s very carcinogenic.
But intact walls and roof are okay.