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Asbestos has many appealing qualities for builders. It is strong, flexible and corrosion resistant. It is also burn resistant and a good insulator. There are not many substances with these qualities and may explain why it was so widely used. It becomes hazardous when asbestos containing materials are disturbed or damaged. Asbestos is made up of microscopic bundles of fibers. When the materials become disturbed or damaged, these fibers separate and may become airborne. These fibers may get into the lungs and that may lead to serious and even fatal diseases. Some of these diseases include:
Statistics show that of all the ethnic groups in the world, the incidence of cancer in the lungs in African Americans is the highest. The reason often cited is that it has also been shown that African Americans smoke more than other ethnic groups.
You may not be aware but this cancer is considered to be one of the most life-threatening kinds of cancer. Cancer statistics show that the five year survival rate of breast cancer patients is 87%, while that of colon cancer patients is 62%. Similarly, there is a 92% five year survival rate for prostate cancer patients. You will be shocked to learn that the five year survival rate of lung cancer patients is as low as 15%.
One of the reasons for the low survival rate of these cancer patients can be ascribed to the fact that the disease is often only identified during the final or advanced stages. During the final stages, cancer has already spread throughout the body and is affecting many organs adversely. As a result most lung cancer patients die sooner, rather than later.
A common fallacy, is that someone having quit smoking for 15 years has a reduced chance of getting lung cancer and that the condition of their lungs become comparable to those of a non-smoker. It does not matter what the perceptions are, but cancer statistics show it to be impossible. The lungs of smokers will never be restored to the same condition as the lungs of non-smokers. While not further increasing their probability of getting cancer, it could still never decrease to the same probability applicable to non-smokers.
There was a study that indicated that exposure to asbestos and smoke makes you ninety times more likely to contract lung cancer than a person who is not exposed to either. Some of the symptoms of lung cancer include coughing, breathing irregularities, chest pains and anemia. It usually takes fifteen to thirty years of exposure to asbestos to contract lung cancer