Comments on: If asbestos is not reactive with the body why does it caus cancer?

By: mike h

mike h — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:11:05 +0000

Hi, basically a Cancer can grow from ANY single abnormal cell within the body. Without getting too technical or medical here a single fibre of asbestos can lay dormant for years and then grow into a tumour.

By: J'ster!

J'ster! — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:46:32 +0000

Hey

From what I know, a single fibre of asbestos (impossible to see it’s so small) can be breathed in, and lay dormant for a number of years (usually around 10-15 years though, but this can vary).

It then triggers something within the lungs which causes cancer, which is impossible to treat.
Nobody yet knows why it takes such a large amount of time before it causes cancer, and as far as I know, it’s impossible to treat.

Unfortunately though, theres still many buildings with asbestos within them, including state schools, which the Government don’t appear to be doing anything about.

I know this isn’t very detailed, but hope it helps

By: derrickisonline

derrickisonline — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:48:12 +0000

By reactive maybe they mean touching your skin won’t cause a reaction.

Asbestos is something that is breathed into the lungs and that’s where it causes cancer.