#asbestos — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #asbestos, aggregated by home.social.
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Journal Square, Where the Library Only Takes Returns
On August 17, 2026, the Jersey City Free Public Library installed a book drop outside its Five Corners Branch at 678 Newark Avenue. The building behind it, sixty-nine years old and dark since early July, will accept what you give back. It will lend you nothing. A parking lot where a Bookmobile idles four days a week is now the whole of the public library in Journal Square, the neighborhood at the center of the loudest building boom in New Jersey's second-largest city. I live in this city. I have spent my working life writing, editing, and publishing books, and I can tell you what that steel drop says to a child walking past it on the way to school: the city will take from you, and the city has stopped giving. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/04/journal-square-where-the-library-only-takes-returns/
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Journal Square, Where the Library Only Takes Returns
On August 17, 2026, the Jersey City Free Public Library installed a book drop outside its Five Corners Branch at 678 Newark Avenue. The building behind it, sixty-nine years old and dark since early July, will accept what you give back. It will lend you nothing. A parking lot where a Bookmobile idles four days a week is now the whole of the public library in Journal Square, the neighborhood at the center of the loudest building boom in New Jersey's second-largest city. I live in this city. I have spent my working life writing, editing, and publishing books, and I can tell you what that steel drop says to a child walking past it on the way to school: the city will take from you, and the city has stopped giving. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/04/journal-square-where-the-library-only-takes-returns/
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Journal Square, Where the Library Only Takes Returns
On August 17, 2026, the Jersey City Free Public Library installed a book drop outside its Five Corners Branch at 678 Newark Avenue. The building behind it, sixty-nine years old and dark since early July, will accept what you give back. It will lend you nothing. A parking lot where a Bookmobile idles four days a week is now the whole of the public library in Journal Square, the neighborhood at the center of the loudest building boom in New Jersey's second-largest city. I live in this city. I have spent my working life writing, editing, and publishing books, and I can tell you what that steel drop says to a child walking past it on the way to school: the city will take from you, and the city has stopped giving. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/04/journal-square-where-the-library-only-takes-returns/
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Beware of the #dangers of #Silicon #Dioxide!
- Silicon Dioxide is a side product of dehydration of #asbestos
- Inhaling Silicon Dioxide causes #silicosis which is a condition that can fatally damage the lungs
- Silicon Dioxide is commonly used to contain #DihydrogenMonoxide
- Silicon Dioxide is a substance frequently warned about on packages
- Silicon Dioxide is used to manufacture #5G endpoint devices
- Silicon Dioxide is used by the #military to direct the effect of #TerahertzRadiation at the intended target
- Silicon Dioxide is a chemical known to the State of #California to cause #cancer.
- Silicon Dioxide is an essential component of #Molotov Cocktails
- Substantial amounts of Silicon Dioxide are often among trash washed up by the sea
- Silicon Dioxide, even in form of medium sized crystals, is a known "chicken killer"
- Silicon Dioxide is, as known for a long time, where the #foolish man built his home
- Silicon Dioxide is a commonly used extinguishing agent for Class D fires
- Contact with Silicon Dioxide often causes bleeding and injuries up to and including death
- Silicon Dioxide is used to enhance the effect of abrasive blasting, and can even chip away at steel
- Silicon Dioxide is often shipped alongside other dangerous chemicals such as #SulfuricAcid
- Just small quantities of Silicon Dioxide in your bed can cause #insomnia
Despite all this, even today Silicon Dioxide is still used as a building material for homes! #SiliconDioxide #conspiracy
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"Essa nova lei é, na verdade, uma prorrogação de doze anos para a indústria do amianto. Mas o que podemos esperar, se nem o Supremo está cumprindo a própria decisão?"
-Fernanda Giannasi, fundadora da Abrea (Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto)
#asbestos #amianto #Caiado #Goias #cancer #DPOC
https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2025/01/12/mesmo-proibido-no-brasil-amianto-ganha-sobrevida-em-goias-com-nova-lei.htm?cmpid=copiaecola