Asbestos By Angeline Low
Jan 13, 2016
AsbestosBy Angeline Low
Asbestos is a set of the six silicate minerals that can easily
attracted to physical properties
They all have a long, thin, fibrous crystal
Asbestos became increasingly popular among manufacturers and
builders in the late 19th century because of its sound absorption
Here’s some background info.
Just by inhaling the asbestos fibers, it can cause a serious
illness, including deadly lung cancer
Mesothelioma :a formerly rare cancer strongly associated
with exposure to amphibole asbestos
Asbestosis: a type of pneumoconiosis
How asbestos affect you
Where are you exposed?
By the first century AD, Greeks and Romans claimed to have
observed that slaves involved in the weaving of asbestos cloth
were afflicted with a sickness of the lungs.
While the study describes the cause of death as chalicosis,
and pneumoconiosis, the employment of the fifty workers
whose death prompted the study suggest that the root cause
was asbestos or mixed asbestos-cotton dust exposure.
Lung Cancer
Mesothelioma
Digestive System Cancer
Asbestosis [Lead to shortness of breath.]
Health affect of Asbestos exposure