@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 13 days agoI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-square330fedilinkarrow-up11.71Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.69Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 13 days agomessage-square330fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•13 days agoMost lab tops today are not asbestos based. There’s plenty of 40 plus year old ones still around that are and as long as you don’t break them they’re perfectly fine. But newer tops are all either epoxy or phenolic resin based.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•13 days agoThat’s probably the case. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a chem lab, and even then the tables and equipment weren’t exactly “new” lol
Most lab tops today are not asbestos based. There’s plenty of 40 plus year old ones still around that are and as long as you don’t break them they’re perfectly fine. But newer tops are all either epoxy or phenolic resin based.
That’s probably the case. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a chem lab, and even then the tables and equipment weren’t exactly “new” lol