Asbestos in Chemical Plants
Given its known resistance to heat and fire, asbestos also has a natural resistance to chemicals which makes its use as material has been common in plants and chemical laboratories. Furthermore, the use of asbestos as a protective layer which minimizes the possibility of an unintended chemical reaction. As in other industries, asbestos was used in chemical plants to create a safer work environment. Some of the industrial applications of this material in this sector were as protector in working clothes, banks and workshops.But when it began to regulate the use of this material, people quickly began to recognize its dangers.
Although it is an effective insulator against heat, fire and chemicals, asbestos risk has meaning when it is fragmented as it allows to enter the body and cause many health problems such as asbestosis and mesothelioma. Furthermore, these plants often used chrysotile is the most dangerous variety. Paradoxically, even though the general public began to know the hazards of this material, companies insisted that this form of asbestos was safe.
Given the long latency period of mesothelioma, the first chemical plant workers now begin to show the first symptoms of the disease.
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