Asbestos - The risks to health
Asbestos - The risks to health
In this second article in a series, we cover the health risks associated with asbestos exposure.
Exposure to asbestos can cause a number of health problems, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis and other types of cancer.
The Asbestosis is a chronic lung disease that can cough and shortness of breath even permanent damage to the lungs.
The mesothelioma is a very rare form of cancer in thin membranes that cover the chest and abdomen. Although very rare, it is also very serious.
People at increased risk for these diseases are those who asbestos, at any time during their life. But most people exposed to asbestos are not sick. Only those who were exposed constantly over a long period of time usually symptoms. Most of these people are usually those who have a job, they are forced to work, or to work with asbestos in the course of the day.
Since the beginning of 1940, millions of people have been exposed to asbestos. The first workers to show signs of health problems associated with asbestos have been those who have worked in the shipbuilding professions, the mining of asbestos and from the mills, in the manufacture of textiles from asbestos, the work, insulation, the demolition The workers, the workers and the walls dry fire brigade. Today is the improvement of the practical work and regulations are the asbestos exposure in these industries less likely.
While it is generally accepted that most people who are seriously ill who have suffered asbestos, the issue of long-term, there are cases of those who have only a short exhibition, which also became ill. The problem is, the diseases caused by asbestos may require 10 to 40 years to be reported. Thus, a child in the school at the age of 13 years may not develop symptoms until he or she is 50 years old.
There is also some evidence that the family members of those who work in areas in connection with asbestos diseases can be associated with asbestos because of asbestos fibers, which will be introduced in the House by the workers, shoes and clothing . This kind of exposure is paraoccupational exhibition. To reduce the risk that workers who are exposed to asbestos have to wash and change their clothes before returning home. It is also proposed that they first shower, if possible.
So, what’s the risk? Not all workers, the asbestos-related health problems. There is a lot to do with the nature of the exposure. Asbestos is enclosed and can probably not break in the atmosphere has less than a threat, asbestos, which are not boxed. Also, the general health status of the employee comes into play, too. A worker who has problems with the health or smoking more likely to suffer from diseases caused by asbestos. Also, the kind of workers exposed to asbestos, which has a major impact on the health of the employee. Certain forms of asbestos are dangerous than others, depending on the concentration and duration of exposure.
In our last article in this series we will be a round on the way to determine if you have a problem, health related to the asbestos and, if so, what to do about this issue.