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TIL that Asbestos' health hazard are not caused chemically, but mechanically. Asbestos fibers are so small that they pierce cell walls without killing the cell. Fibers cause mutations by piercing the mitotic spindle, which disrupts mitosis & causes chromosomal damage responsible for the ill effects.

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