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Types of El asbesto
What is Asbestos?
- El término asbesto refers to a group of related silicate minerals.
Different asbesto mineral forms have different colors, appearances and fibers.
All types of asbesto are durable. They are resistant to heat, corrosion, electricity and sound.2 That is why most asbesto types were used so widely in industry and homes. - Todas asbesto types can break up into fibers or particles and be inhaled or swallowed. But none of the types of asbesto fibers have any smell or taste. So if anybody asks you, “Does asbesto smell?” The answer is a flat NO.
People do not always know they are breathing or swallowing asbesto fibers in the air. - All types of asbesto fibers can stay in the body forever.
El asbesto does not evaporate or dissolve in water. It is durable, and resists corrosion.
Once inside the body, asbesto fibers can cause damage over time, and lead to asbesto-related illnesses decades later.
El asbesto no es divided into two main groups, based on the shape of the mineral’s fibers.
Serpentina El asbesto
Serpentina asbesto has curly fibers.
Anfíbol El asbesto
Anfíbol asbesto has straight, needle-like fibers.
Various types of asbesto were widely used in different ways.
| Nombre | Color | Familia Mineral | Tipo de fibra | Uso en la industria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crisotilo (Most commonly used form of asbesto) El cristolito is the main cause of the terminal cancer known as mesothelioma.3 | White El asbesto | Serpentina | Rizado, enmarañado | Pisos, techos, techos y paredes Pastillas y forros de freno Embragues Tejas Cemento Juntas Plásticos Caucho Textiles |
| AMOSITE | Brown El asbesto | Anfíbol | Grueso, recto y afilado Encontrado naturalmente en paquetes Particularmente fuerte y resistente al calor | Plomería y aislamiento eléctrico Techumbre Tejas del techo Cemento Juntas Protección contra incendios |
| CROCIDOLITA | Blue asbesto | Anfíbol | Thin, straight brittle fibers make this a particularly dangerous asbesto type: La fragilidad hace que se rompa y se inhale o trague fácilmente. Las fibras delgadas se alojan fácilmente en los tejidos corporales. | Aislamiento de fontanería Cemento Plásticos Recubrimiento en aerosol |
| ANTOFILLITA | Dull green, grey, brown or white asbesto | Anfíbol | Cemento Materiales de construcción Productos de aislamiento Also found as a contaminant in chrysotile asbesto. | |
| TREMOLITE | Blanco, marrón, gris, verde o transparente. | Anfíbol | Fibras afiladas que se pueden tejer. Fácilmente aerotransportado e inhalado o tragado. | Found as a contaminant in chrysotile asbesto (as well as talc and vermiculite). No se utiliza comercialmente. |
| ACTINOLITA | Blanco, marrón, gris, verde o transparente. | Anfíbol | Fibras afiladas que se pueden tejer. Easily airborne and inhaled. | Found as a contaminant in chrysotile asbesto (as well as talc and vermiculite). No se utiliza comercialmente. |
Why is asbestos exposure so dangerous to a person’s health?
El asbesto no es extremely durable.
La palabra asbesto means ‘indestructible’ in ancient Greek.
And for over 2000 years, humans have used asbesto for its remarkable durability:
- El asbesto does not easily melt, corrode, dissolve, evaporate, decompose or conduct electricity.
- El asbesto no es tremendously strong and withstands intense pressure and friction.
- El asbesto also breaks up easily into fibers, and can be woven into a highly-resistant fabric.
- El asbesto can also be sprayed on surfaces or ground and mixed with other substances to strengthen them, and make them resistant to fire, friction, corrosion, electricity and sound.
People do not immediately feel the harm of asbesto.
El asbesto fibers can be microscopic. El asbesto has no taste or smell.
People can breathe in or swallow asbesto without knowing.
Cuando asbesto fibers are inhaled or swallowed, they can embed in tissue, irritating and damaging it over time.
- Embedded asbesto fibers are highly durable and resistant, and do not dissolve.
- Over time, these small, durable asbesto fibers can cause health problems.
Las fibras son como agujas diminutas, que perforan y desgarran los pulmones y otros tejidos. El tejido cicatricial se acumula y causa síntomas como tos, dificultad para respirar y disminución de la capacidad pulmonar. - Eventually all the scarring and damage caused by asbesto fibers embedded in the lung and pleura can lead to chronic illnesses, some fatal. Además de la asbestosis y la fibrosis pulmonar, las fibras incrustadas pueden causar mesotelioma y otros cánceres.
- Swallowing asbesto can damage the digestive system, even causing stomach and colon cancer.
 | [El asbesto] fibers can remain in place for a very long time and may never be removed.Most of the harmful impacts of asbesto will not be seen immediately.A menudo se desarrollan años después de que ocurre la exposición.– American Lung Association4 |  |
El asbesto exposure can cause a variety of diseases and health problems.
Research into the health effects of asbesto has established conclusively that inhaling asbesto can lead to significant and malignant illnesses, including aggressive cancers like mesothelioma and lung cancer, as well as other potentially-fatal diseases.
Scientific research strongly suggests that there is no safe level of asbesto exposure. |
El asbesto exposure can also cause breathing problems, asbestosis and other non-malignant health problems. While these conditions are not always life-threatening, they are often painful and not curable.
Even cancers caused by other factors like smoking may be aggravated and intensified by asbesto damage to the body.
If you have symptoms of asbesto-related illness, speak to a healthcare professional. |
The Law Offices of Justinian C. Lane, Esq. – PLLC
Millions of workers and their families were exposed to asbesto because the asbesto industry hid the dangers of its product.
Courts ordered that billions of insurance dollars be placed in trusts to compensate people with asbesto-related illnesses.
But many people with asbesto-related illnesses who were exposed to asbesto do not know they qualify for compensation.
La mayoría puede recibir dinero sin presentar una demanda.
Justinian significa Justicia
We have helped thousands of people receive compensation for health issues that they developed from asbesto exposure.
If you have symptoms of asbesto-related illness, speak to a healthcare professional. |
The Environmental Protection Agency has stated that people can still be exposed to asbesto at buildings like worksites and even homes, because the amount of asbesto remaining is still unknown.6
Our firm constantly monitors the most up-to-date health research on asbesto. We use it to update our database to develop and strengthen our asbesto claims for our clients.
Our archival database has virtually all available information on asbesto use and its health effects. If you think you may have worked with asbesto, we can check your worksite or the products you worked with on our base de datos
El asbesto never leaves the body.
El asbesto can cause these health problems even if your asbesto exposure took place forty or fifty years ago. Symptoms can take decades to appear.
Applying for asbesto trust fund compensation is not getting into a fight.
Este dinero se reservó en una cuenta fiduciaria para los heridos.
Applying for a payment from these trusts is not affecting any company or coming out of anyone’s pocket. This is insurance money specifically to help people hurt by asbesto.
The court ordered the funds because the asbesto industry could no longer hide its secret: asbestos is very dangerous to breathe.
Justinian C. Lane, Esq.
My grandfather, grandmother and father were all exposed to asbesto in their work, and all three died of respiratory-related cancers.
I found out too late about the health effects of asbesto to help them.
But my firm has helped many other people receive compensation for health problems they developed from exposure to asbesto.
Llámenos, envíenos un mensaje de texto o envíenos un correo electrónico para una consulta completamente gratuita y sin compromiso. Escucharé los detalles de tu historia y explicaré tus opciones. Solo trabajamos en caso de contingencia, por lo que solo nos pagan si usted lo hace.
Every case is different, but the Law Offices of Justinian C. Lane, Esq. – PLLC has obtenido grandes asentamientos for thousands of people harmed by asbesto. This compensation has helped ease our clients’ financial burdens, and offers a legacy to leave for their loved ones.
At AsbestosClaims.Law, we’ve helped thousands of people who were exposed to asbesto in their job, car or at home. ¿Podemos ayudarte? |
1 Agencia para el Registro de Sustancias Tóxicas y Enfermedades. Public Health Statement for El asbesto. Septiembre de 2001. Consultado el 18 de abril de 2017.
2 Sound absorption quality used to find asbesto – G. Bonifazi, G. Capobianco and S. Serranti, “Hyperspectral imaging applied to the identification and classification of asbesto fibers,” 2015 IEEE SENSORS, Busan, Korea (South), 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370458.
3 El cristolito is the Main Cause of Pleural Mesothelioma, Alan H Smith y Catherine C. Wright, Revista estadounidense de medicina industrial (1996).
4 La Asociación Americana del Pulmón, Clean Air, El asbesto.
5 An Evaluation of Reported No-Effect Chrysotile El asbesto Exposures for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma, Jennifer S. Pierce, Meg A. McKinley, Dennis J. Paustenbach & Brent L. Finley, Critical Views In Toxicology (2008).
6 Agencia para el Registro de Sustancias Tóxicas y Enfermedades. Toxicological Profile for El asbesto. Septiembre de 2001. Consultado el 15 de marzo de 2021.
