The air is the major route of exposure to asbestos, and the path that often leads to disease. Exposure scenarios include inhalation of contaminated air and dust, while working with asbestos at work in the same room as others who work with asbestos workers' skin, hair and clothes, in the areas around work in mining areas of the world when construction or other human activities (such as gardening) leads the disturbance of the natural outcropsAsbestos-rock and in homes and buildings where the renovation or demolition disturb asbestos-containing building materials. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. has not banned asbestos. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 10,000 people die each year from asbestos-related diseases. asbestos exposure asbestosis, lung cancer and gastrointestinal tract, and is an aggressive cancer called mesothelioma. Inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause permanent damage andirreversible damage to vital organs. The disease is 10 to 50 years after exposure. Between 1900 and mid 1980, the asbestos in more than 3,000 different products were used. During the 20th century were used more than 30 million tons of asbestos in industrial facilities, homes, schools, shipyards, steel mills, power plants and commercial buildings in the United States. heavy industrial exposure to asbestos occurred before 1980 in the following sectors: automotive, construction and shipbuilding.Professions ...
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