It's not toxic, it's practically inert. That's what makes it carcinogenic
The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna.
The most toxic asbestos fibres have widths 250nm-10nm, and this toxicity is
“physical”, which could mean either mechanical or optical: Tangling with chromosomes is a •mechanical hazard occasionally reported, and fibres <100nm wide would probably be most knife-like.
Sorry, I heard asbestos was toxic
It's not toxic, it's practically inert. That's what makes it carcinogenic
The fibers are so small and sharp the they can cause physical damage to dna.