Some of you might respond with a resounding "duh," but according to this some people think that asbestos is still safe if it's "white asbestos". Canada used to follow this ideal until quite recently, but many other countries have "okay'd" the use of certain types of asbestos for manufacturing. On top of that: many of the countries that still produce products with asbestos in them, continue to export those products (like hairdryers) to other countries where asbestos is banned.
Maybe that is why the (lung) cancer rate is so high among non-smokers. We need to ban asbestos use in all consumer and industrial products, don't you agree?
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