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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Stupid people used asbestos. We made ourselves part plastic!

[โ€“] refalo 1 points 1 month ago

Except there were scientific studies done at the time that "proved" it was safe, even as a cigarette filter. Can't really blame people for trusting that IMO.

Now I wonder what was actually so flawed about those studies.

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