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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
‘Death sentence': Asbestos released by Israel's bombs will kill for decades as planned.
2024-10-09
[Aljazeera] Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza has unleashed yet another deadly, but silent enemy on the people there — asbestos.
A mineral that poses little risk to humans when undisturbed but that is highly carcinogenic when dispersed and released into the atmosphere, asbestos is present throughout much of Gaza’s structures.

Over the past year, Israel’s bombs have caused vast amounts of it to be broken into tiny, airborne particles, which can potentially cause cancer in those who breathe it in, leading experts to say cases of cancer will likely be reported "for decades" in Gaza.

According to United Nations estimates, some 800,000 tonnes of the bombed-out debris across Gaza may be contaminated with asbestos.

This is a "death sentence" for Palestinians trapped in Gaza, leading asbestos expert Roger Willey told Al Jazeera.
Posted by:Besoeker

#20  Well played.

-puts snark I was going to place back into envelope and seals it-
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-10-09 19:42  

#19  3rd vote
Posted by: 3dc   2024-10-09 19:06  

#18  Yeah, I don't vote often, but that's a winner.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-10-09 17:19  

#17  Deacon Blues for Afternoon Snark O' The Day!
Posted by: Raj   2024-10-09 17:13  

#16  ^😨
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-09 16:40  

#15  Grom the Reflective they did asbestos they could.
Snark O' The Day
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2024-10-09 16:12  

#14  Why aren't the Juices firing asbestos bombs; genocide and all that. /sarc
Posted by: Bobby   2024-10-09 14:05  

#13  Doesn't anyone think of all the broken thermometers?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-10-09 13:03  

#12  Does anybody, anybody, believe Hamas or Hezbollah would stop firing rockets at Israel if they thought asbestos was in Israel's buildings?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-10-09 12:41  

#11  Near blast furnace = fryable, Oh! Wait a minute. Friable???
Posted by: Canuckstan sniper   2024-10-09 12:06  

#10  ^ It has to be friable, to get into the lungs
Posted by: Frank G   2024-10-09 11:34  

#9  My father wore an asbestos suit when working adjacent to the blast furnace at Armco Steel n Middletown, Ohio. He died this March at the age of 91. Asbestos didn’t seem to affect him at all
Posted by: Gloluns Turkeyneck4904   2024-10-09 11:22  

#8  
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-10-09 11:20  

#7  So, let me see. Bombing they ammo dumps - with secondaries killings Gaza "civilians" is not the worst. We should just sit and take their attacks because they insist on building with asbestos?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-09 11:03  

#6  /\ When you hear your pager, you know it's time to go.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-10-09 08:00  

#5  That's why Gazans should move to Egypt.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-09 07:54  

#4  Until a suitable vaccine can be developed, I strongly recommend the wearing of protective masks.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-10-09 07:26  

#3  It wouldn't be an issue if you weren't terrorists. So this falls under, "Play stupid games and win stupid prizes." Enjoy your cancer.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-10-09 06:56  

#2  Replacing one cancer with another
Posted by: Frank G   2024-10-09 06:28  

#1  Not covered in the Hamas Environmental Impact statement, I guess. After the exploding stops, the dust will settle. A lesson for the future.
Posted by: Bobby   2024-10-09 05:32  

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