Asbestos Awareness

What is asbestos? Why we need asbestos awareness? Asbestos is the mineral used in building material such as in ceiling, siding, floor tiles and many others. The studies have proven that asbestos is very dangerous if it breaks up into tiny particles then inhaled by human. The tiny fibers of asbestos will be trapped in the lungs and cause some lung diseases. The danger of asbestos is because person will not feel any symptoms until some years of asbestos exposure. When a person is diagnosed with lung disease caused by asbestos exposure, he just has few years of survival time. By the fatal effect of asbestos, we need to be more aware of asbestos exposure.

Diseases caused by asbestos exposure

There are some lung diseases caused by asbestos exposure including lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis. Asbestos diseases are one of the most common reasons for the death of lung cancer in the world.It makes some organizations and health centers create asbestos awareness by making some programs offered to patient and society. It is better for people to have early medical check up to check whether any lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure may sometimes not show any symptom, but with early medical checkup, person can detect the problems on his lungs and get the best prevention of lung disease.

Asbestos awareness projects are different from one institution to others. The employers which use asbestos for their manufacturing process must keep their workers by giving certain procedures such as regular medical checkup and to stop asbestos exposure. There is any awareness of asbestos using awareness bracelet. It is usually used by health center or company to tell how dangerous asbestos exposure for human’s life. Awareness bracelet can be given to teenagers, children, and adults to always have awareness of any asbestos exposure in their homes, schools, or offices.