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How Can Asbestos Affect My Health
From studies of people who were exposed to asbestos in factories and shipyards, we know that breathing high levels of asbestos fibers can lead to an increased risk of: lung cancer: mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the chest and the abdominal cavity; and asbestosis, in which the lungs become scarred with fibrous tissue.
The risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma increases with the number of fibers inhaled. The risk of lung cancer from inhaling asbestos fibers is also greater if you smoke. People who get asbestosis have usually been exposed to high levels of asbestos for a long time.
The symptoms of these diseases do not usually appear until about 20 to 30 years after the first exposure to asbestos. Most people exposed to small amounts of asbestos, as we all are in our daily lives, do not develop these health problems.
However, if disturbed, asbestos material may release asbestos fibers, which can be inhaled into the lungs. The fibers can remain there for a long time, increasing the risk of disease. Asbestos material that would crumble easily if handled, or that has been sawed, scraped, or sanded into a powder, is more likely to create a health hazard.
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Employer must institute a medical surveillance program with concentrations of asbestos at or above the PEL and/or EL.
Such Asbestos medical exams must occur at a reasonable time and place and shall be provided at no cost to the employee. At a minimum, such examinations must include a medical and work history; a complete physical examination with emphasis on the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the digestive tract; a chest X-ray; pulmonary function tests; respiratory disease standardized questionnaire as set forth in 29 CFR 1910.100l Appendix D, Part 1 of the standard.
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Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
In 1986, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (commonly referred to as AHERA) was signed into law. AHERA requires public and private non-prof... Read more >
Definition: A general term applied to certain polysilicate fibrous minerals displaying similar physical
characteristics although differing in composition. The most common asbestos mineral (over 95% of U.S.
production) is chrysotile, a variety of serpentine, a metamorphic mineral.
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH)
Definition: The maximum environmental concentration of a
contaminant from which one could escape within 30 minutes without any escape-impairing symptoms or
irreversible health effects.
Asbestosis
Definition: A chronic lung disease, resulting from the scarring of the lung tissues by asbestos fibers.
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