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Can asbestos scar the lungs?
Yes - inhalation of asbestos dust can cause scarring of the lungs known as asbestosis. Please see the related link below for examples of how inhalation of dust can cause respiratory problems.
Why isn't asbestos used much in the U.S. today?
Asbestos has been found to cause cancer, so it is no longer used in construction.
What is pumilary fibrosis?
Pulmonary fibrosis is another term for scarring in the lungs. It is often caused by infections, smoking, or exposure to asbestos.
Are asbestos minerals dangerous?
Asbestos is pretty much harmless except when asbestos fibers are inhaled. Inhaled asbestos can result in lung damage with difficult breathing and death. The possible illnesesses related to asbestos include asbestosis (scarring of the lungs), mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the chest cavity around the lungs), Pleural effusion, Pleural plaque and lung cancer.
What are particles of asbestos in the lungs that cause the condition known as?
Asbestosis
What are the harmful effects of asbestos?
The diseases caused by asbestos (in some people who have sufficient exposure of a sufficient period of time) are:Asbestosis (scarring of the lungs)Lung cancerMesothelioma (cancer of the tissue lining the chest cavity).
How does asbestos cause the most damage and what body system does it affect?
breathed into the lungs.
Why should you hire a professional for asbestos removal?
A single dust particle from Asbestos can cause cancer in the lungs, not hiring a professional to remove the asbestos can have a serious health hazard to you and your family.
What is it about asbestos that makes it so dangerous?
Its fine fibers. They can get into your lungs and cause diseases, such as asbestosis.
Can asbestos cause atypical carcinoid in the lungs?
While the mechanism by which it does it is not known, asbestos will increase your chances of getting lung cancer if you breath it in. Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled growth of lung tissue. Asbestos can also produce asbestosis, a scaring of the lungs similar to that caused by coal dust in "black lung" or dirty cotton dust in bysinosis. Asbestos also produces pleural plaques, an increased density of some lung tissue, as seen in x-rays.
Is banned by the EPA for many uses because when it is inhaled into the lungs it can cause lung disease or cancer?
Asbestos
Is banned by the EPA for many uses because when it is inhaled into the lungs it can cause lung disease or cancer.?
asbestos
