philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square319linkfedilinkarrow-up11.67Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.65Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square319linkfedilink
minus-squareJustAThought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 days agoDidn’t they have asbestos shovelling competitions? 1962 Right around the time major studies confirmed the concerns from a decade earlier: 1960s: Studies, particularly by Dr. Irving Selikoff in the U.S., showed clear links between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other illnesses, prompting greater public health concern.
Didn’t they have asbestos shovelling competitions? 1962 Right around the time major studies confirmed the concerns from a decade earlier:
1960s: Studies, particularly by Dr. Irving Selikoff in the U.S., showed clear links between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other illnesses, prompting greater public health concern.