Some people who are exposed to asbestos may never experience any ill effect from it. Some may develop cancer 15-40 years after exposure. Some, but not all, who have massive expsoures may begin to develop asbestosis after as little as ten years.
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.
Asbestos is known for a very long time, even the Romans used it.
Yes. Excessive exposure to asbestos can result, after a long time, in lung cancer or mesothelioma.
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-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.
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.
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.
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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 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.
long term asbestos exposure primarily. smoking.