The substance we know as asbestos is a combination of six silicate minerals. Asbestos is used commercially for its "wonderful" physical properties, which were perfect for insulation and fire retardant coating. This set of minerals is also used in concrete, bricks, fireplace cement, heating, acid resistant gaskets, fire-proofing drywalls, roofing, lawn furniture, flooring, dry wall joint compounds, as well as insulation in pipes, electronics, and ceilings. Asbestos is also used prominently in various industries related to ship building.
Asbestos is quite ubiquitous-it is found in fiber cement boards, packaging materials, and mechanical parts in motor vehicles such as brakes and clutch linings. It is found in houses and residential buildings, …show more content…
Chrysotile asbestos-another form of asbestos-has produced tumors in both animals and humans. This form of asbestos also produces mesotheliomas in people who are constantly exposed to it because of their occupations, as well as people who reside near asbestos mines and factories.
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that plagues the protecting lining of the majority of the human body's internal organs, which is called the mesothelium. Because the main cause of this cancer is asbestos inhalation, the most common site of mesothelioma is the pleura, the outer lining of the lungs and the internal chest wall. There are also recorded cases of the cancer in the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum), the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium), and even the sac surrounding the testis (tunica vaginalis).
Aside from several forms of cancer, exposure to asbestos can also cause asbestos warts, diffuse pleural thickening, and pleural plaques. Asbestos warts appear when sharp asbestos fibers are lodged in the skin, which will then cause callus-like growths that are usually benign. Pleural plaques, on the other hand, are fibrous or slightly calcified and thickened areas that might lead to diffuse pleural thickening-which in turn might cause lung
Asbestos is quite ubiquitous-it is found in fiber cement boards, packaging materials, and mechanical parts in motor vehicles such as brakes and clutch linings. It is found in houses and residential buildings, …show more content…
Chrysotile asbestos-another form of asbestos-has produced tumors in both animals and humans. This form of asbestos also produces mesotheliomas in people who are constantly exposed to it because of their occupations, as well as people who reside near asbestos mines and factories.
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that plagues the protecting lining of the majority of the human body's internal organs, which is called the mesothelium. Because the main cause of this cancer is asbestos inhalation, the most common site of mesothelioma is the pleura, the outer lining of the lungs and the internal chest wall. There are also recorded cases of the cancer in the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum), the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium), and even the sac surrounding the testis (tunica vaginalis).
Aside from several forms of cancer, exposure to asbestos can also cause asbestos warts, diffuse pleural thickening, and pleural plaques. Asbestos warts appear when sharp asbestos fibers are lodged in the skin, which will then cause callus-like growths that are usually benign. Pleural plaques, on the other hand, are fibrous or slightly calcified and thickened areas that might lead to diffuse pleural thickening-which in turn might cause lung