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Ep 118 Asbestos: Corruption and cancer and corporate greed, oh my!

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The History of Asbestos

Benjamin Franklin's purse made of asbestos fiber is on display at the Natural History Museum in London. The quote unquote book of eternity was a book that people wanted to make whose pages were made of asbestos, so couldn't be destroyed by fire. Despite this global popularity and the existence of mines everywhere, there seems to have been a bit of confusion over where asbestos came from.

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