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[–] [email protected] 40 points 21 hours ago

Fiberglass is very smooth compared to asbestos, at a microscopic level. That's what makes asbestos so bad - it gets in there and works its way further in, like a porcupine quill. Fiberglass is by no means healthy, but it's a fair bit less harmful.