• @psud
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    31 year ago

    It’s not toxic, it’s practically inert. That’s what makes it carcinogenic

    • @LemmysMum
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      1 year 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.