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.

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