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The toxicology of asbestos develops over a long time, much more time than would be required for many other hazards to a fly to kill it. So, for practical purposes, asbestos will not kill a fly.
Asbestos-related diseases appear from 10 - 40 years after the exposure begins. How long a delay there is depends in part on how intense the exposure is and how long it lasts or how often it occurred. And some exposed people never develop an asbestos-related disease.
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Asbestos fibers are a known carcinogen. It is highly dangerous.
Asbestos is known for a very long time, even the Romans used it.
It really depends on how long it will take to kill each one.
Yes. Excessive exposure to asbestos can result, after a long time, in lung cancer or mesothelioma.
This question cannot be answered. Some people have breathed a lot of asbestos and never developed disease. Others breathed relatively small amounts and died form mesothelioma or lung cancer. In any case, the ill effects from asbestos are not immediate and you will not drop dead while breathing any amount of asbestos. The diseases develop 10 you 40 years after exposure begins.
Symptoms of the disease do not usually appear until 15-20 years after initial exposure to asbestos
The only true way to remove asbestos from your home is to call a profession that has a degree in air fibers. The thing you have to worry about is how long you have been exposed to asbestos. When you go in a house with asbestos you are supposed to ware a mask.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that is able to be shattered into long, thin fibers. It is the pressure and heat of long centuries deep underground that produces this.
Asbestos can have deadly effects on the lungs. By breathing this conditions may occur. See your doctor immediately if you inhaled asbestos. It is very harmful for your health, and can kill you.