philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square381fedilinkarrow-up11.72Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.71Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square381fedilink
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days agoIn America sure. Rest of the world, it would be very much limited to a very, very small minority that would be lost to cancer.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 days agoUK didn’t ban asbestos till 2000, 25 years after we knew it was mega cancer. 1993 for Germany 1997 for France 1992 for Italy 2002 for Spain China still hasn’t banned asbestos. Valuing profit over human life is not unique to the US or even capitalism(if you’re foolish enough to consider China a communist state).
In America sure.
Rest of the world, it would be very much limited to a very, very small minority that would be lost to cancer.
UK didn’t ban asbestos till 2000, 25 years after we knew it was mega cancer.
1993 for Germany
1997 for France
1992 for Italy
2002 for Spain
China still hasn’t banned asbestos.
Valuing profit over human life is not unique to the US or even capitalism(if you’re foolish enough to consider China a communist state).