Asbestos Mesothelioma-Asbestos is a mineral fiber types are included in the group of silica and serpentine (krisotil which is a magnesium silicate hydroxide with the composition Mg6 (OH) 6 (Si4O11) H2O), and amphibole from the rock-forming minerals, including: actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos, cummingtonite , grunnerite), anthophyllite, chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos), tremolite, or mixtures containing at least one of these minerals.
Asbestos-containing dust can be inhaled by humans and asbestos dust particles that are flying in the air as we often see the work environment, and this asbestos dust with a diameter less than 3um with length 3 times the diameter will be able to easily inhaled
If you you use materials such as asbestos roofing, for example, you can minimize by using the ceiling, if you work in an environment is directly related to asbestos such as factories etc can be anticipated by using a mask, etc. so that dust or particles from asbestos material is not directly inhaled.
Another factor sebernarnya exist, namely heredity if you have a family history of cancer in some people is a condition that increases risk.
Learn more risk factors that can increase the risk of mesothelioma include:
• Exposure to asbestos fiber dust pollution
• Living with someone who works in an environment with asbestos (asbestos fibers stuck in their clothes or skin)
• Smoking
• SV40 virus is found in many primates
• X-ray radiation
• Family history with mesothelioma
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