designer_of_drugs t1_j52lyhq wrote on January 19, 2023 at 11:29 PM

Reply to comment by 11fingerfreak in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx

Lead does make better paint. Worse babies, but better paint.

Kind of a toss up if you ask me.

empirebuilder1 t1_j53wdca wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Same issue with asbestos. Shit's an engineering wonder material, amazing thermal insulation properties, structurally and chemically stable. Just that teeny tiny minor issue of anyone working with it tends to end up with major lung damage.