Todo, desde materiales de construcci\u00f3n como baldosas<\/a>, placas de yeso y cemento<\/a>, to protective clothing like gloves and aprons, to mechanical component parts like gaskets, brakes, and valves, contained asbestos at some point.\u00a0There was even asbestos paint, tape, and yarn. The \u201cmineral milagroso\u201d<\/a> era econ\u00f3mico y extremadamente duradero, lo que lo convert\u00eda en una opci\u00f3n obvia y popular para los fabricantes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another very widespread use of asbestos was in shipyards and aboard ships and submarines.\u00a0Vessels built for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Marina Mercante<\/a> from roughly the 1930s through 1980 contained asbestos in nearly every place imaginable.\u00a0Asbestos insulation especially was a ubiquitous product due to the need for ships to be fire resistant to protect the people and any cargo on board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Desafortunadamente, la exposici\u00f3n a las fibras de asbesto puede conducir al desarrollo de enfermedades y problemas de salud graves, como la asbestosis o el c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be exposed to asbestos means that someone has inhaled or ingested friable (small, broken) asbestos fibers.\u00a0Exposure to asbestos, in any amount, can negatively impact your health. The National Cancer Institute has stated that ninguna cantidad de exposici\u00f3n al asbesto es segura1<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n They can lodge into tissue called the mesothelium, which covers internal organs in the abdomen and chest, or irritate the pleura, the lining of the lungs. This irritation causes scar tissue and damage over time, which eventually can lead to the development of malignant (aggressive, rapidly spreading) or non-malignant (less aggressive, typically non-cancerous) disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los veteranos que estuvieron expuestos al asbesto en la Marina de los EE. UU. a menudo desarrollan las mismas condiciones causadas por la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto en general, que incluye enfermedades no malignas<\/strong> y malignas <\/em><\/strong>enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nota: Incluso las lesiones no malignas pueden ser extremadamente dolorosas y debilitantes para su calidad de vida, adem\u00e1s de implicar un tratamiento m\u00e9dico costoso y lento.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Al considerar si puede tener una enfermedad relacionada con el asbesto, potencialmente mortal<\/a> o no, es importante recordar que la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto tiene un largo per\u00edodo de latencia, lo que significa que los s\u00edntomas tardan decadas<\/strong> for symptoms to develop in the body.\u00a0Therefore, someone who was recently diagnosed with one of the above illnesses may have been exposed to asbestos anywhere from 20 to even 50 years prior to their diagnosis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n El asbesto tiene cualidades notables, que incluyen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Algunas \u00e1reas comunes en embarcaciones donde se puede encontrar asbesto incluyen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Equipment like boilers and turbines that powered the ships by creating and controlling steam required asbestos insulation.\u00a0The pipes connected to this machinery were also covered in asbestos insulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Located either directly next to the boiler room or within the same space, the engine room was where the steam from the boiler room was sent to continue to power the ship.\u00a0The high temperature of the steam required that equipment be covered in asbestos insulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n High-powered industrial pumps were a necessary part of the propulsion process of the ship.\u00a0These pumps required asbestos component parts like gaskets, valves, and insulation to function properly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Aboard the ships, asbestos could be found in the bulkheads of the cabins, or the area where crew members slept.\u00a0A bulkhead is a barrier or divider between compartments, and to ensure that sailors were safe inside the cabins, asbestos insulation was used to fireproof the bulkheads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The hull, or body of the ship, needs to be watertight and fireproof to ensure the safety of the entire ship.\u00a0Asbestos materials were used to protect the hulls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Las salas de m\u00e1quinas y las salas de calderas sol\u00edan ser espacios peque\u00f1os y cerrados con poca ventilaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Las fibras de asbesto liberadas al aire en estas habitaciones por la reparaci\u00f3n, el mantenimiento o la instalaci\u00f3n de productos que contienen asbesto habr\u00edan permanecido durante horas y aumentado el riesgo de exposici\u00f3n para cualquier persona en esas habitaciones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Otros lugares donde el asbesto puede estar presente en los barcos incluyen:<\/p>\n\n\n\nEmbarcaciones y barcos de la Armada de EE. UU. fueron ignifugados con asbesto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Problemas de salud causados \u200b\u200bpor la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto en la Marina de los EE. UU.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Lugares donde se podr\u00eda encontrar asbesto en la Marina de los EE. UU.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
El asbesto se usaba con frecuencia en los buques navales de EE. UU.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Salas de calderas (o salas de fuego)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Salas de m\u00e1quinas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Salas de bombas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Caba\u00f1as <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Cascos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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