jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWow, this snow looks so real!lemmus.orgimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down125
arrow-up1308arrow-down1imageWow, this snow looks so real!lemmus.orgjimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareCraigeryTheKid@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year ago“fake snow” was asbestos flakes for a long time. But, as much as it’s joked about, large flake asbestos isn’t generally going to be a problem. It’s a problem when you drill/grind/pulverize into a dust (friable) and inhale it.
minus-squarered@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThat said, if you inherited xmas/winter decorations that has fake snow on it, I’d recommend you get rid of that in a safe way.
minus-squareCraigeryTheKid@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOh jeez, yes sorry, I’m not saying we should bring them back! Just that it wasn’t deadly to the touch, etc. Asbestos should definitely be removed from our surroundings.
minus-squareBT_7274@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoWasn’t the tin man’s body paint super cancerous as well?
minus-squareWolfrasin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoAnd the green makeup was giving chemical burn
minus-squareThcgrasscity@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIt was aluminum paint, and made the 1st tin man very sick, so sick they almost died.
I don’t know… Can someone tell me? 👀
“fake snow” was asbestos flakes for a long time.
But, as much as it’s joked about, large flake asbestos isn’t generally going to be a problem. It’s a problem when you drill/grind/pulverize into a dust (friable) and inhale it.
That said, if you inherited xmas/winter decorations that has fake snow on it, I’d recommend you get rid of that in a safe way.
Oh jeez, yes sorry, I’m not saying we should bring them back! Just that it wasn’t deadly to the touch, etc.
Asbestos should definitely be removed from our surroundings.
Asbestos snow.
Correct!
Wasn’t the tin man’s body paint super cancerous as well?
Yes
And the green makeup was giving chemical burn
oh how fun
It was aluminum paint, and made the 1st tin man very sick, so sick they almost died.