It also covers building maintenance and emergency cleanup of asbestos spills. Asbestos is the common name for a group of minerals found in nature. All types of asbestos cause disease and death.
Asbestos causes serious illness and death.
No one knows how many fibers it takes to cause disease. The risk of disease or death increases with the exposure. However, there is no level of exposure that is known to be safe. As many as 10,000 people in this country die of asbestos diseases each year. Most were exposed to asbestos in their jobs in mines, textile mills, shipbuilding, and the construction trades.