philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.3Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square204fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoIt actually was just recently (a year ago) banned fully in the US. Before that, it was just prohibited to be used in new construction.
minus-squareTON618@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoWhat do you mean with fully banned? Pretty sure here in Europe there are also still plenty of cases where you’re not forced to remove asbestos, like old plumbing that’s embedded in closed shafts.
It actually was just recently (a year ago) banned fully in the US. Before that, it was just prohibited to be used in new construction.
What do you mean with fully banned? Pretty sure here in Europe there are also still plenty of cases where you’re not forced to remove asbestos, like old plumbing that’s embedded in closed shafts.