Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos
Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos
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Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos
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“What is the absolute dumbest fucking thing we can do this afternoon? I know!”
Remember kids, congress could put a stop to this tonight. And by “this”, I mean the trump presidency. Just think about that for a while.
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Time to re-lead the gasoline too, I guess.
Next up: OSHA no longer exists.
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I swear to god I was reading a comment on lemmy not 2 months ago that was joking about them bringing back asbestos. C'mon, don't be shy. Which one of you jinxed it?
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Trump already tried it, or at least dip the toe, on the first term. It was just a question of when.
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Russia is the world's largest producer of asbestos, with an annual production of around 630,000 million metric tons in 2023.
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Why settle for the knock off asbestos when you can have the original?
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If it's not from Asbestos then it's just sparkling mesothelioma
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To be clear here: This is reversing a ban on ONE type of asbestos that's often used in automotive parts (such as brake pads). They're not advocating for us to bring it back for things like loose fill insulation, building materials, etc.
Also, to be clear: It's still stupid and likely a combination of Russia being the largest producer of Asbestos and/or Trump having an obsession with overturning Biden-era rulings.
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Trump actually has a personal fascination with asbestos and thinks it's a miracle material. He's talked about it a lot in his speeches.
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It does have some excellent use cases. Asbestos tile was probably everywhere you walked in school, is extremely durable, and perfectly safe (unless you cut it with a saw). My house is covered in asbestos siding and is basically unphased in appearance since it was installed in 1964 by the Texas sun.
However, any situation where it can cause it to be airborne, such as brake pads, insulation, etc. is no bueno. It's a kind of incredible material IN VERY SPECIFIC USE CASES.
Like most materials science, there are tradeoffs. R22 was a great refrigerant compared to R410a or the newer R32 that required way less pressure to be effective, but it also burned holes in the atmosphere, hence it isn't used anymore. Asbestos is an incredible material, but so is flurooantiminic acid and I wouldn't want it anywhere near me.
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I am required by my state to complete 2hrs of asbestos safety training a year, and i dont even work with it directly. It is crazy dangerous and my jaw is on the floor that this is real.
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Next up is lead in gasoline.
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I recently learned that leaded gas is still used for aviation. Some small planes like Cessnas can be 80 years old and still flying, but do not have engines that are certified to run on leaded gas. So they have leaded.
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they also use it at the race track near our houses. up to 20% of the races use leaded fuel. They just tried (again) to ban it but once again the rich white guys get to have their fun at the expense of an entire community.
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Yup, learned that when I was a pesticide handler for one of these operations. Pretty fucked up that they fly these lead gas planes over our crops, huh?
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I guess other countries won't need to defend themselves against the US in the future because Trump is actively trying to kill off more Americans than any other country could.
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Invasions are probably still funded, though they may be driven by the masters in Russia and Israel. Also all damage to the environment hurts all of us. There is no planet b.
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Listen, I eat and breathe asbestos every day. I'm healthy as fuck. Libs want you to be afraid of things that cause cancer. Don't listen to them. /s
I wish all trump supporters would get cancer and die. Not /s.
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Have to generate as much cancer as possible! The MAGA death cult in action.
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And then cut healthcare, both public and veteran
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Hoggish Greedly: "This is too much for even me, and I'm a Captain Planet villain!"
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First, do harm.
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Before you do something stupid - No, you WON'T be allowed to fly over Europe with your leaded fuel-powered airplanes, America
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Avgas has always been leaded, they never stopped using it.
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What's next? Lead? Arsenic? Radium?
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Sure! Clown world! JUST WHEN YOU THINK THEY CAN NOT GET ANOTHER CLOWN IN THAT CAR, BAM! ASBESTOS!
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send him in
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Wild to think this guy might literally have killed me
He fires vax experts, another pandemic hits, we scramble but it’s too late… maybe you die, maybe me, maybe us both.
Wild
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Don't get any asbestos get the best asbestos.
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HA! Quebec will be quite pleased, or horrified.
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Perfectly timed to draw attention awsy from Iran-Israel-(US)
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You think this is going to draw attention from a war? 🤣
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If you our a loved one has mesothelioma... blame the Trump administration
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SCOTUS "we've decided that the POTUS cannot be sued for official acts"
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Fuck's sake.
I mean, it’s been obvious for over a decade. When he came out warning about some obscure country that people should be wary of, and nobody (including him, to be clear) has ever heard of this “threatening” country or faction or whatever, with absolutely zero context or relevance to the US, and just happens to be in the crosshairs of Russia…. Yeah.
I am searching for this crazy-ass irrelevant unscripted tangent he went on, but when I search for “trump russian talking points opposing country”, even tossing “first term” in there, I am inundated with all of the recent talking points he has been making. This wasn’t Ukraine, by the way. I wish I remembered, but I have better things to do than dig through the historic tire fire that is this administration.
Americans love Russia because Russia told them they are fellow conservatives who also hate purple haired gay people. All while regulatory capturing their country and destroying them.
Americans are brain-cooked by 30 years of 24/7 Big News brainrot. the rest of the world has been aware of that since the mid 2000s. and its only multiplied since then.