Asbestos policy will affect thousands of lives; be informed

Asbestos policy will affect thousands of lives; be informed

BY CHARLES MACGREGOR Asbestos is a naturally occurring carcinogenย that wasย used heavilyย in construction and otherย industries for over 100 years due to itsย insulative andย flame-retardent properties. Over the course of the 20th century itย wasย discovered that exposure to theย microscopic fibers of asbestos caused serious illness amongst workers and others exposed to it, causingย over 80 percentย of mesothelioma cancer cases.ย In the […]