Welcome All About Asbestos Call Now Asbestos Surveys Exeter ~ Asbestos Surveys Plymouth ~ Asbestos Surveys Cornwall Asbestos Properties Asbestos is non-flammable even at very high temperatures and is extremely flexible and durable. Asbestos was described in a 1927 doctoral thesis as follows: "The crude mineral is merely a piece of rock or stone. It has truly been called a physical paradox being both fibrous and crystalline, elastic and brittle, yet able to be carded and so converted as to be spun and woven like wool, flax or silk. It would appear to possess the characters of both vegetable and mineral while being different from either; light and feathery as eiderdown, it is yet as dense and heavy as the rock it resembles... The fiercest heat fails to consume it, nor acids affect the strength of its fibres notwithstanding their delicacy; a strand of it can be spun to weigh less than one ounce per hundred yards length and fine cloth can be made from its fibres weighing only a few ounces to the square yard. Its indestructible nature enables it to resist decay under almost any conditions." Dangers of Asbestos Until 1972, most of the buildings in this country were constructed with asbestos, including schools, offices and homes. At the time, no one had any idea that when inhaled asbestos was deadly. Today, people and asbestos precariously coexist in old buildings. However, it is only when asbestos is disturbed that it becomes a health threat to human beings. Doctors often compare the dangers associated with asbestos to those of smoking cigarettes. The more cigarettes one smokes, the greater the danger for developing lung cancer. Similarly, the more one is exposed to asbestos, the greater the chance for developing an asbestos related disease. This is why asbestos poisoning is often called an occupational hazard disease, because the people who commonly work with the material are the most at risk for developing an asbestos related disease. Asbestos Surveys Southampton ~ Asbestos Surveys Dorset ~ Asbestos Removal Cornwall

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