philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square317linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down15
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square317linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 days 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-squaresubarctictundra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoWell it can’t be sold anymore, but if you have it in your house then it’s not illegal in any way
minus-squaresubarctictundra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoNo no, it got banned by the EU around 2000 and was already banned in many states befpre that
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.
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Well it can’t be sold anymore, but if you have it in your house then it’s not illegal in any way
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No no, it got banned by the EU around 2000 and was already banned in many states befpre that