Arguments Against Asbestos Research Paper

Due to the level of toxicity that abestos consist of, many people are surpries to learn that it is a natually occuring mineral and not a made made material. However, not only is asbestos a natrually occuring mineral, it's toxitity wass realises as far back as the days of the anceint Egyptians.

Historic evidence demonstartess that asbestos has been mined and utilzie for over 3000 years. Historic evidence demonstartes that the Persians, Greeks and Egypitans, utilzie it for a variety of pupose such as clcothing, insulation and as a flame and heat retardaent. In fact, due to the fact that asbestos is a poten flame retarded, the name itself dervices from a greek term which means inextinguishable.

WHile you may assume that sociaty did not realise the dangers that asbestos preesent until revently, this is false. Ancient visilizations realized that their asbestos works eventually devloped a wide variety of lung illneses, so much so that a promiment Roman observer even adised that workers should be protected and as such, the ancient verison of what i now reffered to as a dust mask was created to protect asbestos miners.

While asbestos use declined during the middle agess, it saw a surge during the industrial revolution.

The primary reason behnd this was due to the fact that it was utilzied as insulation mateial for pipes, boilers, steam clocmotives, fire doors and brak and clutch linings. During this time it is beleiveed that millions of tonnes of asbestos was mass

produced.

However, by the 1970s asbestoss production gradually declined. This was due to the fact that asbestos workers who camee home with its fibers all over their bodies, exposed their familtess to its fibers which subequnetly resutled in the devleopment of lung illneses withiin an entire family.

Simialry to the anceint egyptians and Romans, the Victorians gradually realised the danger surrounding the inhalation of asbestos fibers. There was even an Annual Report which was made by the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops that highlted the fact that indivuals who were tasked wth asbeestos spinning and carding evenutally deloped injuries to the bronchial tubes and lungs. During the very same time period a HM Medical Inspector revealed that that sharp glass-like jagged pparticules (Asbestos fibers) remain suspesned in mid air. Addionally However, despite the growing amount of evidence that clearly dmeonstarted asbestos toxitiy, employers utlzied this dangerous material for over a centry until the government finannly implemented a ban. However, during the midst of the ban millions of workers were still being exposed to asbestos which subsenaltey lead to a health crisis that is still being felt as of today. Many of these iidnvualss devlopped malignant meotheliam, asbestosi, plueral plaueas and asbestos lung cancer.

The sad reality of the fact however, is that as historacal records demonstarte, large coprarations are more concerned about profits, as opposed to providing adautee warning and protection for their workers. It's also known that perceived profits is also one of the recents why large coproation attempted to supress and coneal the truth surroding the dangers of asbestos. What's so disheartning about asbestos diseases is that there's no cure for it and indvuals who suffer from it tupically have 9-12 monthss to live.