Can asbestos cause cancer?
Exposure to asbestos alone can lead 2 lung cancer, the risk increases dramatically in smokers. ChaCha
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by Jon S.
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How long does it take for asbestos to affect the human body?
Asbestos usually causes death in people exposed to high amoun...
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What are the odds of getting sick if exposed to asbestos for fifteen minutes?
People who become ill from asbestos are usually those who are...
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Though it is a very useful material, asbestos is also extreme...
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What are the signs of asbestouse poisoning?
The asbestos poisoning symptoms usually don't appear until ye...
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How do you know if you have asbestos in your lungs?
Asbestos: * Definition: Full definition Definition: The comme...
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How long does it take for asbestos to affect the human body?
Asbestos usually causes death in people exposed to high amoun...
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Though it is a very useful material, asbestos is also extreme...
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What are symptoms of asbestos is?
Asbestos poisoning can lead to the following: Asbestosis, Num...
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What diseases can you get from asbestos?
Exposure to asbestos increases your risk of developing lung d...
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(TLV) for asbestos was established in 1946 as five million pa...
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What problems can asbestos cause?
Accumulation of Asbestos fibers in your lungs can cause scarr...
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Asbestos:1:a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof art...
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What are the health hazards of asbestos?
Some of the health hazards of asbestos are lung cancer, and m...
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What is it called when you get sick from asbestos?
Cancer
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What are symptoms of sickness due to asbestos inhalation?
Asbestos inhalation symptoms are shortness of breath, cough, ...
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Why might asbestos be more likely to contribute to lung cancer in smokers than non smokers?
Asbestos can cause a variety of lung diseases, including lung...
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What is it called when you get sick from asbestos?
Cancer
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What does asbestos do to humans?
It scars of the lungs when asbestos fibers are inhaled and ca...
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What are the health hazards of asbestos?
Some of the health hazards of asbestos are lung cancer, and m...
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What happens if you breath in asbestos?
If you breathe asbestos, some fibers will be coughed up quick...
About Asbestos
Asbestos is a mineral fiber insulation with sound absorption, insulating, fire retardant and carcinogenic properties. People have been mining the fiber for thousands of years because of most of those properties. Charlemagne supposedly had a table cloth made of the stuff, and wealthy Persians used it like a party trick – amazing guests by cleaning the cloth by tossing it on the fire. By the industrial revolution, asbestos was widely used as insulation. The United States Navy thought these properties were perfect for insulating war ships and used it to insulate thousands of ships in World War II. By the mid 1930s researchers had documented thousands of cases of people developing lung and breathing disorders in asbestos mining towns.
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