EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing

Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by skummetmaelk on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:27AM (#17706911)

Leaded paint is only really dangerous if you pry it off the wall and swallow it. Who would do that?

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by usefulcat on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:06AM (#17707259)

Or, much more likely, if you create a fine dust by sanding it.

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by cure on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:00AM (#17707214)

Or if it is pulverized into dust and becomes airborne, like when you open/close an old painted window, or door.

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by ars on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:52PM (#17708299)

And yet there is a nice chunk of lead in my car.

It's all in how you use it, asbestos included.

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by DiabloD3 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:07AM (#17707273)

Or breath in the dust as the paint degrades in an alarmingly short time.

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by rdtsc on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:50PM (#17710665)

Kids do that. The paint chips even have a sweetish taste to it.

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