EESA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Asbestosis, Mesothelioma, Aluminium Silicate
24 Jan 2019
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Industry creates or uses a various amount of synthetic organic chemicals and metals that present to workers, general population and even the use of industry products. Physical hazards that occur in out workplaces are : airborne fibers and dusts, mechanical hazards that cause physical injury, excessive noise, exposure to light during night hours, dangerous tools (sharp objects) chrysotile amosite. Particulate-irregulate shaped particles or dusts but also long, thin fiber. Fibrosis- scarring of lungs in response to physical irritate with formation of excessive fibrous tissue and a loss of flexibility that impair breathing. General population is exposed to particles from burning of fossil fuels. (usually are workers who expose the most amount of these chemical particles and fibers. Asbestos is a miner fiber that is insulating, doorbell and non-combustible. It is used in building insulation and in products such as brake linings and found in south africa, canada and other parts of the world. here are three types od asbestos.
