What is Asbestos

Asbestos is a mineral form of silica fibers belonging to the serpentine group (krisotil which is a magnesium silicate hydroxide with the composition Mg6 (OH) 6 (Si4O11) H2O),
and amphibole from the rock-forming minerals, including actinolite, amosite
(Brown asbestos, cummingtonite, grunnerite), anthophyllite, chrysotile (white asbestos),
crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite, or a mixture of at least
contains one of these minerals.
Asbestos dust is asbestos particles flying / scattering in the air or
terendap asbestos particles which can be scattered into the air as dust in
work environment.
Asbestos fibers can be inhaled asbestos particles diameter is less than 3 um and
whose length is at least three times the length of its diameter.
Asbestos dust can contaminate through:
(A) the mining or milling operations;
(B) processing of materials containing asbestos or the result of the manufacture / production
goods containing asbestos;
(C) the use or the use of goods produced that contain asbestos;
(D) activities to disassemble, open, dismantle, repair the damage (repair) or
treat goods produced that contain asbestos;
(E) activities to destroy and demolish factory buildings or other structures
which contain ingredients berasbes;
(F) transfer activity (transport), stores and activities that cause
incidence of contact or physical touch with asbestos or materials
containing asbestos;
(G) any other activities that create a risk of asbestos dust in
air.
Are the dangers of asbestos?
Posed health hazards of asbestos dust:
(A) asbestosis: fibrosis (thickening and causing lacerations to the lungs);
(B) lung cancer: including throat cancer;
(C) mesothelioma: cancer in other parts of the respiratory tract such as cancer or pleural
peritoneum.
Asbestos dust can also cause pleural thickening here and there (diffuse pleural
thickening) and the incidence of pleural plaques layer (circumscribed pleural plaques) that can
leads to calcification.
The inhalation of asbestos fibers will enter into the lungs and cause connective tissue, inflammation, and adhesions in the lungs.