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Can you live with asbestos in your home?
Yes, you can, as long as the asbestos-containing material is:not easilly reduced to dust that may become airborne,in good condition and undamaged, andin not in a location where the occupants' activities will damage it.
When was asbestos discovered?
Asbestos is known for a very long time, even the Romans used it.
Is asbestos carcinogenic?
Yes. Excessive exposure to asbestos can result, after a long time, in lung cancer or mesothelioma.
How can I do asbestos removal?
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.
What causes asbestos?
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.
How long does it take for the affects of working with asbestos?
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.
Is Asbestos Dangerous?
It is agreed world wide that asbestos is dangerous. The World Health Organisation released figures in 2006 that identified over 4000 deaths in that year relating to asbestos in the UK, 180000 world wide.
How do asbestos test effect your immune system?
Exposure to asbestos will likely compromise the immune system because of the long-term stress to the body. The test for asbestos exposure does not affect the immune system.
What does Asbestos cause most damage by being?
breathed
Can asbestos kill a fly?
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.
What does asbestos look like?
Asbestos is a mineral that can appear in different forms, such as long, thin fibers or bundles of fibers. It can be white, gray, brown, or blue in color.
What are the risk factors for mesothelioma?
long term asbestos exposure primarily. smoking.
