i just found out what a deadly material asbestos is , people who come into things made out of asbestos like asbestos brake linings, asbestos roofing materials, asbestos insulations fibres- they all can get lung cancer and die a slow death . people avaoid asbestos as much as u can and try to get it banned it in your country
2007-02-10 01:04:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Asbestosis will show up years after the exposure to asbestos. My father used to work with asbestos back in the 50's and 60's before they knew what a hazard it was. He said that it would literally be swirling around in the air and they would be working in it all day with no respirator or not even a mask to keep them from breathing it in. Now, all these years later, he and several of the men he worked with are severely effected. Some of them have died from mesothelioma (a cancer related to asbestosis). Luckily, my father has not gotten mesothelioma, but the doctor says that his lungs are "full of the particles". The doctor described what happens--the particles are breathed in. They are almost like little tiny needles. Over the years, they work themselves through the lung tissue all the way out to the lining of the lungs (pleura). Then the little needles sort of stick out of the lungs almost like tiny cactus spines and as the lungs move up and down with each breath, they "scratch" the pleural sac and irritate it. This causes chronic irritation which leads to all sorts of respiratory issues from shortness of breath all the way up to cancer. The reason it takes so many years to show up is because it takes it that long for the little needle-like particles to make their way through the lung tissue. It's a bad deal. I feel sorry for the men who did not know that they were working with something that would cause them so much trouble in their golden years.
2007-02-10 01:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by Sabrina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asbestos can cause lung cancer and cancer of the stomach lining. There are laws in the USA preventing the use of asbestos in certain types of materials (friable materials). There are federal regulations in place about asbestos handling and materials. You can find this regulation in the NESHAP subpart M (neshap means national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants).
2007-02-11 16:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by dressage.rider 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read about the court case and settlement in Australia the Hardies asbestos workers.
2007-02-11 00:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by NICHOLAS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋