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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by kristofferR on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:47AM (#38640347)
Depends on your job - new construction shouldn't have anything to do with asbestos at all, but if you work on/demolish old buildings you might.

The only reason asbestos is becoming less and less deadly is that we banned it decades ago.

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Re:Australia to Ban Engineered Stone by Hikikomori on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:42AM (#38643352)
Why are averages relevant when these workers are not getting an average exposure to these materials?
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