philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square329fedilinkarrow-up11.7Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.69Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square329fedilink
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt is actually astonishing it took so long for lead to be banned in the US. Even Ben Franklin railed against the use of lead in daily life and he was someone who lived and died in the 18th century.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days ago Even Ben Franklin railed against the use of lead in daily life whoa, TIL. 1786 NO LESS https://www.environmentaleducation.com/documents/Lead Resources/Ben Franklin Letter on Lead.pdf TY!
lead too.
It is actually astonishing it took so long for lead to be banned in the US. Even Ben Franklin railed against the use of lead in daily life and he was someone who lived and died in the 18th century.
whoa, TIL. 1786 NO LESS
https://www.environmentaleducation.com/documents/Lead Resources/Ben Franklin Letter on Lead.pdf
TY!