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MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill for decades

www.aljazeera.com

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‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill for decades

www.aljazeera.com

MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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People in Gaza are exposed to airborne particles released as Israel destroys the enclave. Inhaled, it can cause cancers.
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  • bazus1@lemmy.world
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    I admit, first time I read that headline I was like, “WHAT? Israel adding Asbestos to their bombs now? How sinister. What’s next - radon?” It took a minute to get up to speed.

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      Same. Per the article, the structures being destroyed have asbestos in them from when they were built; this is the cause of it being released

      Edit: I’ve never before seen a comment like the reply to mine here below that was so clearly made by an AI bot

    • Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
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      I wouldn’t have put it past them.

    • poo@lemmy.world
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      Me too - wouldn’t put it past them, Israel is disgusting enough to sink to that level.

    • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
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      I mean… the effect is the same. The buildings didn’t explode themselves.

      • bazus1@lemmy.world
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        Well, my second thought was, “that’s pretty short-sighted if you’re gonna Zionist all over the destroyed area… why would you introduce a carcinogen when…” and by then it clicked. The zionists don’t want carcinogens either, but explosively spreading existing asbestos is the price they’re willing to pay for genocide.

    • SassyRamen@lemmy.world
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      Yeah the problem is the building material used. The headline had me confused as fuck too.

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    This is the sort of collateral damage nobody talks about. Even for these cheering at the bombing of terrorists, you still have to take into account the consequences of your actions, bombing everything to dust has a price.

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    It’s okay, I hear that asbestos got a bad rap and the movement against it was run by the mob.

    https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/06/the-trump-files-asbestos-mob-conspiracy/

    But it’s “100 percent safe, once applied.”

    • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      New campaign slogan:

      Trump for cancer 2024

    • nutsack@lemmy.world
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      I apply it directly to my nuts constantly

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    Don’t worry, they’ll fix that by bombing them directly, fixing that pesky living habit they have, so they don’t have to worry about dying of cancer. It’s really a service when you think about it /s

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      Ohhh I see. Israel is just helping Gaza demolish their old and aging builds so they can build newer, better ones! /s

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      Why the half measures? The should just nuke them outright so that all that asbestos becomes safe by turning into glass.

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        I think they cannot due to close approximately with their own cities. Otherwise they would have done it way back.

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    Is there any justification for this? Is it still about Hamas now?

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      Was it ever just about Hamas? Or could the desire to get that waterfront land and remove more of those “people” be at the heart of it all

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