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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 133 points 1 day ago (23 children)

I am once again reminding the world that the ancient Romans warned not to buy slaves from asbestos mines because of the health issues they had.

We have known for a very long time that asbestos was bad and we keep using it to this day.

At least we aren't using it to make easy clean tablecloths and napkins that only need to be thrown in a fire to clean...

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What did the Romans use asbestos for?

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I gave an example, fireplace cleaned napkins and tablecloths.

It was also used in bricks and pottery.

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