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Asbestos In School Containing Building Materials Include Fireproofing Material Sprayed On Beams
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber. Asbestos may be added to a variety of building products to strengthen them and to provide heat insulation and fire resistance. Asbestos-containing building materials include fireproofing material (sprayed on beams), insulation material (on pipes), acoustical or soundproofing material (sprayed on to ceilings and walls), and in miscellaneous building materials, such as asphalt, vinyl, and cement to make products like roofing felts, shingles, siding, wallboard, floor tiles. Friable asbestos, or asbestos that can be crumbled or broken by hand pressure, is of the most concern because these fibers can be released into the air more readily and inhaled into the lungs.
The presence of asbestos in high-activity public buildings such as schools presents the opportunity for inadvertent disturbance and potential for exposure. Frequency of use can also lead to frequent repairs which present exposure potential if not properly managed.
If friable asbestos and fibers are released into the air, there is a potential health risk because persons breathing the air may breathe in asbestos fibers. Continued exposure can increase the amount of fibers that remain in the lung. Fibers embedded in lung tissue over time may cause serious lung diseases including: asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma.
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Asbestos is a widely used, mineral-based material
Asbestos is resistant to heat and corrosive chemicals. Depending on the chemical composition, fibers may range in texture from coarse to silky. The properties that make asbestos fibers so valuable to industry are its high-tensile strength, flexibility, heat and chemical resistance, and good frictional properties.
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Definition: Asbestos Contractor Tracking System - Asbestos Demolition/ Renovation, and Asbestos Contractor Tracking System in some states is an EPA system
Serpentine
Definition: In the asbestos varieties, the brucite and silicate layers bend into tubers that produce the fibers. Chrysotile asbestos is a fibrous member of the serpentine group. "Serpentine" comes from mottled shades of green on massive varieties, suggestive of snake markings.
Asbestosis
Definition: A chronic lung disease, resulting from the scarring of the lung tissues by asbestos fibers.
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