philz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementmessage-squaremessage-square336fedilinkarrow-up11.75Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.73Karrow-down1message-squareI feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movementphilz@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square336fedilink
minus-squareReasonable_Guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 年前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.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前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
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