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by Joker_vD 898 days ago
Although limestone is still considered safe and is used as e.g. filler in pills. So who knows, plastic too could be as safe or as unsafe as any rock.
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AlexandrB 898 days ago
> Although limestone is still considered safe and is used as e.g. filler in pills.

AFAIK this makes sense. Asbestos is really dangerous only in the lungs, so you need to inhale a "friable" form of it somehow. Putting it in your stomach won't do anything.

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BizarroLand 898 days ago
I bet if you ate asbestos continually it would probably irritate the lining of your colon and increase the likelihood of IBS or Colon Cancer. Everything can and will kill you at some level.

Death finds a way.

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Joker_vD 898 days ago
> I bet if you ate asbestos continually it would probably irritate the lining of your colon and increase the likelihood of IBS or Colon Cancer

Well, that's never actually been proven so you can make a name for yourself by investigating this topic, if you feel so inclined.

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BizarroLand 898 days ago
Sounds complicated, and even if I did start chewing on brake pads (my only available source of asbestos) then my findings would be limited to n=1 which can be ignored or relegated to anecdote.
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