Asbestos is dangerous

What I have here looks just like a generic rock, but it's actually pretty dangerous. All of the white stuff is actually asbestos, which is horrible to breathe in.

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[TechConversations]

You know it's dangerous when NileRed doesn't throw it on the floor or takes a sniff of it.

[mjkim]

I like how nilered says extremely terrifying things in such a calm tone

It makes me even more terrified

[kieran]

I remember working a warehouse job a few years back and walking outside to find the management had a 17 year old kid cleaning up piles of asbestos with no safety gear. He had no idea what it was, i told him and gave them a dressing down about their carelessness.


They fired me for nothing not long after.

Lovely people.

[MineralAs]

I live in the city of Asbestos.
This is Chrysotile, one of the 5 categorized asbestos minerals. This one isn't made of sharp needles. It's a phylosilicate mineral made out of thin sheets that curl up into microscopic cylinders. The other four varieties of asbestos form needles.

[Ace_of_club]

Remember- if you ever visit his lab and he shows you something calling it a "generic ____"".
Run . Just run .

[BucketmanAnimations]

I feel like Im going to get asbestos in my lungs just by watching this lol

[CanadianArchaeologist]

My house siding is asbestos. Our school pipes were insulated with the stuff. We used to always peel it off. My grandfather used to build bakery ovens with it. He died of cancer in 1975

[Tera_GX]

"This has at least one property in common with cotton candy, so I'm going to throw a bunch of chemicals at it until I can eat it like cotton candy"

[soph]

you’ve never felt true power until you’ve held lung cancer in your hand

[lutimstrickshots]

NileReddish language translation:
Generic - Dangerous
Cool - Terrifying
Soft and Fluffy - Murderous and Fatal
Yellow liquid - Pee

[valdimer]

I'm not a medical professional, but I've worked with asbestos. From what I understand, the phrase "probably will never leave your lungs" is more, "it WILL never leave your lungs". And this is due to the lattice structure of asbestos on a microscopic scale. The needle like shape is also held together by a lattice so in essence, once it attaches to your lungs your body can never rid itself of it. It's like those burrs that attach to you when you walk through a field. Your body doesn't absorb asbestos either so once they attach, you can't just absorb or pull them off. Which is why even a minutia is considered extremely harmful.

[Skimasktherocket]

“Can we go to your garage”
“Nah my garage has cancer”

[nowayufckers]

Asbestos ist probably the most loyal friend you could wish for. Once you get in contact he won't leave you for the rest of your life

[bigpigpik]

In Chinese, asbestos is literally called "stone cotton". I finally understand why this name comes from.

[Vitamindeece]

There used to be an asbestos mine here in NL that caused significant health and environmental damage to the residents of the area. Despite the mining company knowing the health and environment concerns for years the residents were never compensated for any of the damage.

[sambish]

"What I have here just smells like a generic rock"
..."oops!".

[Musicalmane]

This stuff is still EVERYWHERE, old wallpaper, old carpet glue, old drywall, old plaster and lathe, old bakelite plastics, old oven mitts and old pin cushions, old hair dryers, old appliances that involved heat of any kind, old lamps, and soo much more.

Edit: I'm not trying to cause any panic, while yes, asbestos is a dangerous material, and you should avoid it as much as possible. 90% of the people who were affected worked with it long-term, like years of daily exposure. If it's not being damaged or disturbed, it is not that much of a risk. If you are doing renovations to any older building, research and test what you are removing to see if it has asbestos. common things like popcorn ceiling, textured paint, wallpaper, carpets (specifically the glue), drywall, plaster, tiles, or vinyl flooring can have asbestos.

[craigslist]

I like that he's not just hype like some channels, he's right. It would probably never leave his lungs. Silica is glass btw, so it is made of microscopic glass spears. When it manages to deposit on the lung tissue it stabs the tissue. Short term no big deal, but the lung cleans itself using chemicals and mucus. The glass is basically immune to chemical attack and gets stuck so mucus can't move it out. So it stabs the tissue over and over creating scar tissue that eventually can develop into cancer.

[trevgauntletneu_gaming]

Asbestos was once used as a filter on Kent's cigarettes back in the 1950s. So you can get over double the chance of lung cancer combined with mesothelioma.

[DrDubMemes]

I got lag right when he said “notorious for causing lung cancer” so he was just standing there silently holding it.