re: #704 Dr Lizardo

The tower I live in is 12 storeys. Everything above the 5th floor is insulated with Rockwool, which is a pretty much a damn near fireproof material, then covered with a thin layer of plaster.

From what I’d read much earlier today, Rockwool is illegal in the UK - health concerns, apparently.

Here is what a 2002 study on man-made mineral fibres found:

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has reviewed the carcinogenicity of man-made mineral fibres in October 2002. The IARC Monograph’s working group concluded only the more biopersistent materials remain classified by IARC as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” (Group 2B). These include refractory ceramic fibres, which are used industrially as insulation in high-temperature environments such as blast furnaces, and certain special-purpose glass wools not used as insulating materials.

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