Asbestos – The Dangers
Asbestos has been known as a dangerous material for many years – it has even been banned in the UK since 1999. For any homes that were built before the year 2000, a lot of the materials that were used to build properties during that time used asbestos as it provided a flexible and soft addition to a lot of tougher building materials, such as cement.
The dangers of asbestos only become a danger if the asbestos fibres are released into the air and inhaled by another person. Asbestos has been proven to have caused several different illnesses in humans, some of them being fatal.
The most common diseases that asbestos is linked to include mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. It is specifically common in workers that have worked in industrial areas, shipyard workers, builders, plumbers and other similar industries. It can also be found in houses and domestic buildings. In domestic housing, asbestos was used within piping, ceilings, cement and much more, therefore it could pose a risk within a domestic setting.