Hazards of Asbestos Roof House

Jakarta, Asbestos was widely used for roofing houses. In the long run continuously inhaling asbestos can pose a health risk. Asbestos enters the body through inhalation. 

Impact of the dangers of inhaling asbestos fibers can not be seen in the short term. Sometimes symptoms of disease first appeared within 20-30 years after first exposure to asbestos fibers. 

As quoted from Health.nsw, Friday (29/01/2010) asbestos fibers are inhaled and get into the lungs can cause asbestosis (scar tissue occurrence in the lungs), lung cancer and mesothelioma (a malignant cancer that attacks membrane mesothelium). 

Risk of disease This will increase equivalent to the large number of asbestos fibers are inhaled. In addition, the risk of lung cancer from inhaling asbestos fibers greater than cigarette smoke.
This is caused by asbestos made up of tiny fibers separate easily, so that if the fibers are flying in the air and inhaled by the body would be harmful to health.
Usually this asbestos fibers can cause health risks if enters the body through inhalation. Small amounts of asbestos fibers in the air that is inhaled when breathing person will not be painless.
The average person just to asbestos in a number of very small and low risk to health. several studies show that asbestos-shaped sheet shows no significant health risk.
People who are very risky to have general health problems from asbestos or working in the mining industry.
But that does not mean the roof of a house made of asbestos is not dangerous at all, it's just a lower risk of health problems. Various forms of asbestos materials create different levels of health risk.
If the asbestos fibers in a stable form such as sheets and conditions are still good, then a small health risk. However, if the sheet is already damaged, perforated or wrong in terms of its use, it can menimbilkan higher risk.
Building materials are commonly used as a sheet of asbestos cement (fibro), drainage, chimney pipes, roofs or other building boards. Starting in the 1960s and 1970s, the asbestos fibers are widely used by the public as roof insulation.
To reduce the exposure of asbestos fibers and short-term prevention can do a few ways:

   1. Spraying water into the sheet of asbestos to prevent soil, dust or fibers    flying through the air.
   2. Closing the asbestos with plastic sheeting or tarpaulins to avoid exposure to weather.
   3. Preventing child to play on a roof made of asbestos Daria.    4. As much as possible to provide space boundary between asbestos premises rooms in the house.