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Saturday, September 13, 2008

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What is Asbestos?

Asbestos is advised a beastly carcinogen by the federal Administration of Bloom and Beastly Casework and is a "naturally occurring, coarse silicate mineral," according to the EPA. Microscopic cilia bundles that become aerial actualize asbestos. Aback inhaled, the after-effects can be baleful and acutely blow an individual's anatomy through the development of mesothelioma cancer. In accession to mesothelioma, asbestos can account lung blight or asbestosis, in which coarse tissue scars the lungs.

According to the EPA, asbestos was mined for use in:

* thermal/acoustic insulator acclimated for blaze proofing * beam and balustrade shingles fabricated with asbestos adhesive * textured acrylic and patching compounds acclimated on bank and beam joints * bogus ashes and charcoal for gas-fired fireplaces * stove-top pads * vinyl attic tiles, attic and adhesives * asbestos absolute or band for hot baptize and beef pipes * oil and atramentous furnaces

Asbestos-Affected Children's Toys

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