Death On The Roof
🔏The most hazardous dust to inhale: asbestos. One of the upshots of the industrial revolution is the construction of modern houses. One of the useful materials which were found to be very valuable and versatile was asbestos. Asbestos is known for its good insulating properties. It is heat resistant, durable, insoluble in acid, stable in air, and very workable. Indeed it was so that it was spun into yarn and used to make cloth. This article portrays the science of asbestos and how this remarkable substance amassed an awful reputation. Asbestos materials are extremely poisonous. They are known to cause devastating diseases. Photo courtesy: istockphoto. 🔏Asbestos has been responsible for thousands of fatalities and contributed to cases of lung cancer. Asbestos has been recognized since antiquity. Its properties have been described in long past. There is knowledge that it has been used in making items such as earthenware in ancient times. Aggressive mining of asbestos ensued in the 1800