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Asbestos Management | Issue 01-2020


Asbestos can be found in thousands of materials. Asbestos fibres enter the body primarily by way of inhalation and because the fibres are very small, they bypass the lung’s defenses. The body’s reaction to asbestos in the lungs is the progressive formation of scar tissue.