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