▲ 798 ▼ Plummeting interest rate (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey there 😏 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago Am man permalink fedilink source parent [–] jagungal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sorry, I heard asbestos was toxic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not toxic, it's practically inert. That's what makes it carcinogenic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna. The most toxic asbestos fibres have widths 250nm-10nm, and this toxicity is “physical”, which could mean either mechanical or optical: Tangling with chromosomes is a •mechanical hazard occasionally reported, and fibres <100nm wide would probably be most knife-like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jagungal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sorry, I heard asbestos was toxic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not toxic, it's practically inert. That's what makes it carcinogenic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna. The most toxic asbestos fibres have widths 250nm-10nm, and this toxicity is “physical”, which could mean either mechanical or optical: Tangling with chromosomes is a •mechanical hazard occasionally reported, and fibres <100nm wide would probably be most knife-like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not toxic, it's practically inert. That's what makes it carcinogenic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna. The most toxic asbestos fibres have widths 250nm-10nm, and this toxicity is “physical”, which could mean either mechanical or optical: Tangling with chromosomes is a •mechanical hazard occasionally reported, and fibres <100nm wide would probably be most knife-like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna. The most toxic asbestos fibres have widths 250nm-10nm, and this toxicity is “physical”, which could mean either mechanical or optical: Tangling with chromosomes is a •mechanical hazard occasionally reported, and fibres <100nm wide would probably be most knife-like. permalink fedilink source parent
