What is asbestos disease?!

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that can be found in many parts of the world but particularly in North America, Sub Saharan Africa, and Australia!. Asbestos is unique in that it originates in slender fibers, a consistency unlike many similar materials!. Most often asbestos must be mined from either vermiculite or other ore deposits!. Among the asbestos classification, there are six recognized varieties of the mineral!. These are chrystotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite!.

Asbestos was first disposed as a bi-product of vermiculite and other ores!. However as far back as the middle ages, asbestos fibers were recognized as a durable component and were woven into textiles to make them warmer and more rigid in harsh climates!. Later, asbestos was recognized as somewhat of wonder mineral because it was remarkably fire-retardant and provided insulation qualities unparalleled by any other material of the time!. The Industrial Revolution was the pinnacle of asbestos use, as it was used in nearly all insulation components for piping, walls, and electrical fixtures!.

However, origins of asbestos related disease can be traced back as far as ancient times, when slaves who worked in the ore mines were often devalued because of an inexplicable breathing difficulty encountered later in life!. In the late 1970

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